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November 30, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/international/middleeast/30iran.html

UN International Atomic Energy Agency Accepts Nuclear Vow by Iranians; U.S. Charges Board with Irresponsibility

(New York Times)In a defeat for the Bush administration, the 35-country ruling board of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a mildly worded resolution on Monday welcoming Iran's total freeze on a sensitive part of its nuclear program. The resolution removes the possibility that the IAEA will drag Iran before the UN Security Council for possible censure or even sanctions. After the resolution passed, Jackie Wolcott Sanders, the head of the American delegation, accused Iran of deceit and the IAEA board of irresponsibility. She also charged that Iran's assertion that it wants to produce only nuclear energy, not bombs, is untrue, and that Iran has a clandestine nuclear weapons program that "poses a growing threat to international peace and security."

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