VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency says it will convene a special session of its 35-nation board next week as it considers how to fund extended intensive monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program.
The Dec. 11 meeting was announced in an email late Monday from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency.
Diplomats say that IAEA chief Yukiya Amano will likely ask for an extra $5 million (over 4 million euros) to pay for further policing of Iran’s compliance with an interim agreement capping nuclear programs that could be turned from peaceful to military uses.
A comprehensive accord was to replace that deal signed a year ago by Iran and six world powers. But newly extended talks failed to reach agreement last month, and the interim deal was extended.
Iran denies any interest in nuclear arms.
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