(AP-Washington Post) Russia and China are urging the chief UN nuclear inspector to scrap or delay U.S.-backed plans to reveal intelligence on Iran's nuclear arms experiments. In a diplomatic note to International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano, Moscow and Beijing warn Amano against "groundless haste" and urge him to "act cautiously." An international official familiar with the matter said Amano plans to go ahead nonetheless, arguing that it is his duty to inform the IAEA board of evidence pointing to such experiments.
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