IAEA Finds no Proof of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program
In its April 28 report, the International Atomic Energy Agency mentioned the UNSC mandate to Iran of last February:
' • re-establish full and sustained suspension of all enrichment related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, to be verified by the Agency;
• reconsider the construction of a research reactor moderated by heavy water;
• ratify promptly and implement in full the Additional Protocol;
• pending ratification, continue to act in accordance with the provisions of the Additional Protocol which Iran signed on 18 December 2003;
• implement transparency measures, as requested by the Director General, including in GOV/2005/67, which extend beyond the formal requirements of the Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol, and include such access to individuals, documentation relating to procurement, dual use equipment, certain military-owned workshops and research and development as the Agency may request in support of its ongoing investigations.
Despite not being fully in compliance with these demands, Iran maintains that it is in fact fulfilling its obligations under the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty.
The IAEA found no smoking gun.
This ambiguity is being twisted by the Bush administration to make it seem as though Iran has done something illegal.
In fact, under the NPT, countries do have the right to do the sort of experiments Iran is doing. Most of the complaints are not about substane but about something else.
Iran's president pledged to continue to cooperate with UN isnspectors....
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