U.N. still probing Iran nuclear case

The head of a watchdog agency says he can't verify that the nation's program is purely for peaceful purposes.

By Maggie Farley, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 30, 2007

UNITED NATIONS -- The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that the inquiry into Iran's nuclear case was not closed, as the country's president proclaimed to the United Nations last month, and called it regrettable that Iran continued to enrich uranium despite the Security Council's demand to stop the process.