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Iran switches off two of UN nuclear watchdog's cameras, says report

The move appeared to be a new pressure technique as Western nations seek to censure Iran at a meeting this week in Vienna at the International Atomic Energy Agency

Iran’s flag at the IAEA headquarters. Iran is now enriching small amounts of uranium to its closest-ever levels to weapons-grade purity as its stockpile continues to grow
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Iran is also enriching uranium at its underground Fordo facility, though the IAEA is not known to have installed these devices there.

AP | PTI Tehran
Iran turned off two surveillance devices Wednesday used by UN inspectors to monitor the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment, further escalating the crisis over its atomic program as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters.

The move appeared to be a new pressure technique as Western nations seek to censure Iran at a meeting this week in Vienna at the International Atomic Energy Agency. The censure deals with what the watchdog refers to as Iran's failure to provide “credible information” over nuclear material found at undeclared sites across the country.

But Iran's latest move, announced by state television, makes it even

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