United Nations Backs Iran’s Claim on A-Bomb
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WASHINGTON — As the West steps up its economic pressure on Iran, the United Nations’ atomic watchdog is saying there is no evidence Iran’s enrichment of uranium is intended for a nuclear weapons program.
Speaking on CNN on Sunday, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, pointedly asked the Bush administration to share any evidence of intended weaponization, though he did make sure to say Iran’s file at the IAEA remained open. Iran’s president in September defiantly announced at the U.N. General Assembly that the file was closed.
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