The United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has issued a report saying that Iran failed to suspend uranium-enrichment activity by February 21, ignoring a UN Security Council deadline.
A 60-day period given to Iran by the Security Council to freeze enrichment expired on February 21, exposing Iran to limited UN sanctions that were adopted in December.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed concern over Tehran's failure to comply with the Security Council deadline.
"I am deeply concerned again that the Iranian government did not meet the deadline set by the [UN] Security Council," he said. "In fact, this has been in the hands of the Security Council. The Security Council has adopted sanction measures against Iran, and we hoped that the Iranian government would have fully complied with all these resolutions adopted by the Security Council."
The UN Security Council must now decide what to do in response to Iran's failure to heed the deadline. It is possible the council will impose economic sanctions on Iran as a result.
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