Summary Gulf states' political bloc head has urging Iran to join an international accord on nuclear safety.
RIYADH (AP) - The head of the Gulf states main political bloc is urging Iran to join an international accord on nuclear safety following an earthquake near the country s lone energy-producing reactor.
Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, opened a meeting Sunday in Riyadh to discuss nuclear safety issues after last week s 6.1 magnitude quake about 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, the site of Iran s reactor.
The quake killed at least 37 people. Iran says there was no damage to the reactor and insists it was built to withstand far stronger quakes.
Al-Zayani urged Iran to join the U N. s Convention on Nuclear Safety, which allows greater review by the U.N. s atomic watchdog agency. But Iran is part of other U.N. pacts to report any nuclear accidents.
