The United Nations’ nuclear agency chief has said that no progress had been made in efforts to clarify concerns about Iran’s nuclear program.

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was addressing a regular meeting of the agency’s governing board on June 3.

According to a copy of his speech, Amano said that talks with Tehran for some time had been “going around in circles.”

During the weeklong meeting in Vienna, the IAEA’s board of governors is expected to examine the latest report by the agency’s investigators on the Iranian program.

The report, circulated on May 22, said Iran has continued to expand its nuclear activities, including operations at its uranium enrichment facilities.

The report also mentioned Iranian advances toward building a plutonium-producing reactor.

Based on reporting by Reuters, dpa, and AP
By RFE/RL