(Reuters) Francois Murphy - The UN nuclear watchdog found uranium particles at two Iranian sites it inspected after months of stonewalling and it is preparing to rebuke Tehran for failing to explain, diplomats say. The material was found during IAEA inspections that were carried out at the sites in August and September 2020, after Iran barred access for seven months. Identifying the material as uranium creates a burden on Iran to explain it, as Iran is obliged to account for all uranium and not divert any to a weapons program. The IAEA suspects one of the sites hosted uranium conversion work, and the other was used for explosive testing. Diplomats said Iran has also failed to explain material found previously at a third site. Israel says evidence of undeclared nuclear activities shows that Iran has not been acting in good faith.
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