Thursday, February 02, 2006

IAEA on Iran

Found this part of the report especially disturbing.
On Wednesday, a "troubling" briefing in Vienna revealed evidence that Iran may be pursuing nuclear weapons, the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

"The briefing highlighted many unanswered questions about (Iran's nuclear) program, and it also reported on new questions, including questions pointing directly to a military dimension, including the fabrication of nuclear weapons components and the design of missile re-entry vehicles," Greg Schulte said.

Johnson said the documents contained a "smoking gun" -- information on shaping uranium metal into hemispheres, which could serve only one purpose: "to get a bomb."

Iran's ambassador to the IAEA said the accusations are without merit and blamed faulty intelligence.

Since the IAEA has been so exceptionally cautious on anything that they do, I hope that the evidence they have is iron clad. It could be enough to push China and Russia into greater support for resolutions to control Iran's nuclear intentions.


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