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February 25, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/bal-te.iran23feb23,0,300023.story

UN Agency Worried about Iran's Ability to Build Nuclear Weapons

[Baltimore Sun] Maggie Farley and Borzou Daragahi - The UN's nuclear watchdog agency said in a report released Friday that it has "serious concern" about Iran's potential to assemble a nuclear bomb because it has not addressed questions about weapons designs. The UN report describes a computer image, which was made available to Iran, showing "a schematic layout" of the inner cone of a re-entry vehicle that is called "quite likely to be able to accommodate a nuclear device." "This is a matter of great concern and critical to an assessment of a possible military dimension to Iran's nuclear program," the report says. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei asked Iran to quickly respond to the new weapons questions and cautioned that until Iran gives inspectors full access to suspect nuclear-related sites, the IAEA cannot give it a clean bill of health on whether its nuclear program can be diverted for military purposes.

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