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Page last updated at 20:47 GMT, Monday, 26 May 2008 21:47 UK
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Iran 'withholds nuclear details'

The IAEA says Iran is operating 3,500 centrifuges at its plant at Natanz
The UN nuclear watchdog has said it believes Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme.

In a report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Tehran's alleged weapons development studies remain a matter of serious concern.

It adds that Iran is operating 3,500 centrifuges, the machines used to enrich uranium, at its plant at Natanz.

Enriched uranium can be used in nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.

Last month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7420737.stm

[Arctic Dave]

1. OK? So the US is throwing out fluff.

I didn't get anything of substance from that article.

[slipslidingaway]

2. Iran Safeguards Report Sent to UN Security Council, IAEA Board

http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2008/iranreport0508.html


Staff Report
26 May 2008


"IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei today simultaneously circulated a report to the UN Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors regarding Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The report is being circulated at the request of the UN Security Council, which on 3 March 2008 asked for "a further report within 90 days from the Director General of the IAEA on whether Iran has established full and sustained suspension of all activities mentioned in resolution 1737 (2006), as well as on the process of Iranian compliance with all the steps required by the IAEA Board and with the other provisions of resolution 1737 (2006), resolution 1747 (2007) and , to the IAEA Board of Governors and in parallel to the Security Council for its consideration."

Its contents cover developments made since Dr. ElBaradei´s report of 22 February 2008.

The IAEA Board of Governors will discuss the report when it next convenes in Vienna on 2 June. The report´s circulation is restricted and cannot be released to the public unless the IAEA Board decides otherwise."

[slipslidingaway]

3. Washington Post article...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052601136.html?nav=rss_email/components


Iran Withholds Key Nuclear Documents
Program Still Peaceful, U.N. Agency Says

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Page A07

PARIS, May 26 -- "A new report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that Iran continues to thwart efforts to obtain crucial documents that could shed light on the past activities of its nuclear program, but said inspectors have found no evidence that Tehran is currently attempting to divert its nuclear program to military uses...


ElBaradei said IAEA investigators have made 14 unannounced inspections in the last 13 months, noting, "The agency has been able to continue to verify" that Iran has not diverted any of its declared nuclear material to military uses.

The IAEA reported that Iran had 3,500 uranium-enrichment centrifuges operating at its Natanz underground nuclear facility, slightly more than the number reported earlier this year, but about half of what Iranian officials claimed they planned to have operational."

[Truth2Tell]

4. So?

:shrug: