IAEA chief urges Iran to fully cooperate in addressing nuclear concerns International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya ...

IAEA chief urges Iran to fully cooperate in addressing nuclear concerns

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano (L, front) attends the IAEA Board of Governors meeting at its headquarters in Vienna, capital of Austria, on March, 5, 2012. The IAEA is expected to discusses Iran's nuclear ambitions during the 5-day meeting.(Xinhua/Xu Liang)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano attends the IAEA Board of Governors meeting at its headquarters in Vienna, capital of Austria, on March. 5, 2012. The IAEA is expected to discusses Iran's nuclear ambitions during the 5-day meeting.(Xinhua/Xu Liang)

VIENNA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday urged Iran to fully cooperate with the agency to clarify all outstanding issues about the country's disputed nuclear program.

Amano said the IAEA continues to verify nuclear material declared by Iran has not been diverted for military use. However, he also said as Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation, the agency is unable to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.

Amano told the quarterly meeting of the 35-nation IAEA board that Iran has stepped up significantly nuclear enrichment activity, tripling monthly production of 20-percent-purity uranium since last November at Fordow underground site near the city of Qum.

Iran insists its nuclear program is for electricity generation and medical uses only, while the West suspects the country is trying to develop nuclear weapons secretly.

Amano also highlighted Iran's repeated refusal to grant nuclear inspectors access to Parchin, a military installation at which simulated nuclear warhead tests allegedly took place.

Iran's envoy to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh has told the press that access to Parchin can only be granted when Iranian officials and the agency can agree on the conditions under which such a visit would take place.

Although the recent two rounds of talks between the IAEA and Iran achieved no substantive results, Amano said the IAEA will continue to address the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue and in a constructive spirit.

"The basic objective is to resolve all outstanding issues, in particular those related to possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program, and restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities without further delay," said Amano.