Monday, September 22, 2008

UN Agency: Unsure If Iran Hiding Nuclear Program

Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh delivers a press statement during the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, 35-nation board meeting at Vienna's International Center, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)

From Yahoo News/AP:

VIENNA, Austria - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Monday that he cannot determine whether Iran is hiding some nuclear activities, comments that appeared to reflect a high level of frustration with stonewalling of his investigators.

IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei said Iran's stonewalling of his agency was a "serious concern."

"Iran needs to give the agency substantive information" to clear up suspicions, he said at the start of a 35-nation board IAEA meeting, in comments made available to reporters.

Diplomats at the gathering described ElBaradei's comments as unusually blunt.

ElBaradei rejected the Iranian suggestion that the IAEA probe could expose non-nuclear military secrets, saying the IAEA "does not in any way seek to 'pry' into Iran's conventional or missile-related military activities."

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My Comment: Unsure ?!?!?! .... They have to be kidding.

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