Iran Races Toward Nukes, IAEA Dithers
Charles Johnson
Tue Nov 4, 2003 at 10:46 am PST • Views: 168
According to Mohamed El Baradei, the International Atomic Energy Agency has found new Iranian transgressions of nuclear regulations: IAEA finds new nuclear safeguard breaches in Iran.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei told the Spanish newspaper El Pais that new breaches will be detailed in a report the IAEA is to present to its board of governors on November 20.
“We reported breaches in the past and there will be new ones in this upcoming report,” ElBaradei was quoted as saying by his spokesman Mark Gwozdecky.
It was the first confirmation by the IAEA that new Iranian information, filed ahead of an October 31 deadline for Iran to prove it is not developing nuclear weapons, showed Iranian failures in honoring nuclear safeguards agreements.
El Baradei’s response to this further evidence of something that’s already crystal clear to anyone with a functioning synapse in their skull?
He proposes that the almighty UN spring into action, and study the problem for “a few more months.”
“November 20 is an important milestone but we won’t be able to finish our work by then. We will need a few more months, particularly with regard to very complex investigations such as the source” of traces of highly enriched uranium found by IAEA inspectors in Iran, ElBaradei said.
Frank says: