IAEA to reveal that Iran made computer models of nuclear warhead

The U.N. atomic agency plans to reveal intelligence next week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead and other previously undisclosed details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms, Trend reports.
Other new confidential information the International Atomic Energy Agency plans to share with its 35 board members will include satellite imagery of what the IAEA believes is a large steel container used for nuclear arms-related high explosives tests, the diplomats said.
The agency has previously listed activities it says indicate possible secret nuclear weapons work by Iran, which has been under IAEA investigation for nearly a decade over suspicions that it might be interested in develop such arms. But the newest compilation of suspected weapons-related work is significant in substance and scope. The diplomats say they will reveal suspicions that have not been previously made public and greatly expand on alleged weapons-related experiments that have been published in previous reports on Iran's nuclear activities.
The U.S. and its Western allies on the Security Council hope the upcoming report will be strong enough to persuade the IAEA board at its mid-November meeting to report it anew to the council. It was the board that first referred Iran to the Security Council in 2006 - a move that led to a series of sanctions punishing Tehran for its nuclear defiance. If that fails, they would like a board resolution setting a deadline of only a few months for Iran to start cooperating with the agency's probe - or face the prospect of renewed Security Council referral at the next board meeting in March.