VIENNA, Austria - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency revealed Friday that Iran received black market nuclear designs that diplomats say appear to be blueprints for the core of a nuclear warhead — a finding expected to used by Washington and its allies in their push to have Tehran referred to the U.N. Security Council.
A senior U.S. diplomat called the development disturbing, and other diplomats accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency said they expected it to be used against Iran at the IAEA’s 35-nation meeting next week.
The revelations also came as Iran said it had begun converting a second batch of uranium into gas, a step that brings it closer to producing the enriched uranium used to either generate electricity or build bombs.