[lit-ideas] Re: Iranian WMDs (old estimates)
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- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 02:25:32 EDT
In a message dated 4/28/2004 10:39:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Look for reports on Iran by Mohammed
el-Baradei of the IAEA.
General Director El-Baradei is a good diplomat. - Eric
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/09/us.iran.nukes/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States and its European allies have reached
agreement on a draft resolution for the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog that criticizes
Iran's secrecy on its nuclear program, a senior administration official has
told CNN.
But the resolution for the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board
of Governors also praises Tehran for its cooperation with the watchdog, the
official said Tuesday.
The United States has been negotiating with Britain, France and Germany and
other European countries on the text, but now needs to garner the support of
the rest of the international community, the official said.
The text will now be sent to capitals for comments and possible revisions.
The text, according to the official, "deplores" that Iran failed to disclose
sensitive weapons technologies discovered by the IAEA and "notes with the most
serious concern" that Iran's past declarations on its nuclear program "did
not amount to the correct, complete and final picture of Iran's past and
present
nuclear program."
The draft calls on Iran to meet its obligations and comply with the IAEA, but
delays further action by the IAEA until June, the official said.
The IAEA claims Iran produced and experimented with polonium, a radioactive
element that can be used in the chain reaction that produces a nuclear
explosion.
It also charges that Iran failed to declare designs for a sophisticated P2
advanced centrifuge that can be used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.
On Monday IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei criticized Iran for
failing to disclose the technology and called Iran and Libya, who recently
declared
its nuclear program, in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
But the text also "welcomes" Iran's signature of an additional protocol
allowing more intrusive inspections by the IAEA.
While the text says that Iran is "actively cooperating," it calls on Tehran
to "intensify its cooperation."
It also censures
[gasp, oh no, a censure! how bad is that-ey]
Iran for continuing to hide its weapons program from the international
community, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
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