UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (UPI) -- The leader of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency Monday said that a resolution on Iran is unlikely.
"As things stand, I do not expect the board to adopt a resolution on the Iranian issue unless there is a breakthrough and unless there is a positive agreement," Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Vienna.
The 35-member board opened meetings Monday and is expected to discuss ElBaradei's report Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. It voted in February to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council.
Talks between Iran and Great Britain, France and Germany -- known as the European Union-3 -- broke down in January, and talks with Russia ended last week with no deal.
Last month, Iran resumed uranium enrichment, which it says is solely for peaceful energy purposes. The United States and other nations suspect Tehran of developing nuclear weapons.
ElBaradei said the only solution would be "a comprehensive, political agreement that covers the nuclear issues, security issues, economic and political issues." He said diplomats have been working frantically to bring negotiating parties back to the table.
ElBaradei said Iran has agreed to suspend industrial-scale enrichment "for a while" but that small-scale uranium enrichment was still an open question.
The IAEA has been investigating Iran's nuclear activity for three years. ElBaradei said the country was cooperating, "but not with magnitude or the speed expected."
"We have not seen indication of diversion of material to nuclear weapons or other explosive devices," he said. "However, there are still a number of important uncertainties that need to be clarified."
