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UN Nuclear Chief Chides Iran

(AP-Washington Post) George Jahn - The UN nuclear agency cannot confirm that all of Iran's atomic activities are peaceful because of Tehran's selective cooperation with nuclear inspectors, Yukiya Amano, the agency's chief, said Monday at the start of an IAEA board meeting in Vienna. Iran has banned more than 40 UN inspectors over the past four years. The Islamic Republic continues to stonewall an IAEA probe into U.S. and other intelligence agency allegations that Tehran conducted secret experiments meant to develop atomic arms. An IAEA report noted that Iran continued to enrich uranium in defiance of five UN Security Council resolutions. "This report is the clearest evidence yet that Iran is refusing to address the proliferation concerns of the international community, number one, and number two, much more ominously, that it appears determined to acquire a nuclear weapons capability," said Glyn Davies, the chief U.S. delegate to the IAEA.
2010-09-14 07:19:18
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