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Israel Calls for Action to Block Iran Nuclear Weapons, IAEA Should Investigate Syria
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs] The report on Iran again contains serious findings of increased uranium enrichment in Iran, in violation of Security Council resolutions, as well as other activities that could be connected to a military nuclear program. The report also emphasizes the IAEA's inability to carry out full and effective monitoring in Iran due to that country's continued lack of cooperation. These findings demonstrate that the international community, no more than Israel, cannot place its trust in IAEA monitoring in Iran. Accordingly, what is needed from the international community is immediate and determined action to ensure that Iran will not be able to produce nuclear weapons. Regarding Syria, the report details many suspicious findings as well as Syria's unresponsiveness to the Agency's demand to visit the various sites and to provide answers to disturbing issues. The Agency should condemn Syria for hiding the facts pertaining to secret nuclear activity at Dir a-Zur in eastern Syria. The IAEA Director General should use all the means at his disposal to investigate Syria.