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TweetDuh. Why would they stop, the Europeans continue their Obama style ‘negotiations’ (people with their head on straight call it appeasement) while Iran builds more nuclear reactors, and now is working on missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. But their nuke program is peaceful.
Vienna, 15 Sept. (AKI) – The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday said that Iran is continuing to defy United Nations’ demands to halt its uranium enrichment programme.
“Contrary to the decisions of the Security Council, Iran has not suspended its enrichment related activities,” said a report by IAEA Director-General, Mohamed ElBaradei.
A Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) is still operating at Natanz in central Iran and installation work has continued on four other units, the report claimed.
So far, the Natanz facility (photo) has produce a total of 480 kilogrammes of low-enriched uranium, the report said.
It would take 1,700 kilogrammes for Tehran to be able to enrich the uranium further for use in an atom bomb, according to a UN official.
Iran is failing to cooperate with investigators, the report stated. It called on Tehran to provide greater access to investigators – something it has failed to do despite a request by the IAEA in May.
“Unless Iran provides such transparency… the Agency (IAEA) will not be able to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran,” the report stated.
Iran says its nuclear programme is aimed solely at civilian atomic energy, but Western nations claim Iran is seeking to develop an atomic weapon.
In May, the UN watchdog said Tehran was withholding information about projects to develop a nuclear warhead, convert uranium and test high explosives.
“Regrettably the agency has not been able to make any substantial progress on the alleged studies and other associated key remaining issues which remain of serious concern,” the report said.
Without greater transparency from Iran, the IAEA would “not be able to provide credible assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran”, it added.
Iran has said documentation on its alleged projects has been fabricated – even though according to the IAEA it has been shown electronic versions of the documentation.
The IAEA also said that Iran was continuing to install new cascades of centrifuges to enrich uranium in defiance of a UN Security Council order.
The report will be discussed by the IAEA’s board of governors next week.
The UN Security Council has already imposed three sets of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme and risks further sanctions for failing to give a clear response to a package of incentives offered by six world powers.
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