IAEA passes resolution rebuking Iran over cover-up

The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body voted on Friday to censure Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret and demanded it freeze the project immediately.

The resolution, passed by a 25-3 margin with six abstentions, was the first by the 35-nation governing board in almost four years. With rare Russian and Chinese backing, it sent a message of international exasperation with Iran's nuclear secrecy. (Reuters)