VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States has gathered more than two dozen allies to force the U.N. nuclear watchdog to set an October 31 deadline for Iran to demonstrate it is not secretly developing nuclear weapons, diplomats said.
The 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to vote on a toughly worded draft resolution which gives Iran a last chance to prove it has been complying with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), at Friday's closed-door board session.
The United States says Tehran has violated the treaty in its effort to develop atomic weapons secretly. Iran, which denies the allegation, could face economic sanctions if reported to the U.N. Security Council for breach of its NPT obligations.
Washington had originally lobbied for the board to report Iran to the council this week, but backed off when it saw the majority of board members wanted to give Iran one last chance and a deadline to prove it had been complying with the NPT.
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On to war #3.