Iran says IAEA closes more files over atomic work

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

TEHRAN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday the U.N. nuclear watchdog had closed two major issues relating to the scope of its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at acquiring atomic bombs.

Tehran agreed with the International Atomic Energy Agency in August to answer outstanding questions by December about its atomic work, which it insists is purely for civilian purposes.

"We have received two formal letters ... from the IAEA informing us that the case of P-1 and P-2 (centrifuges) and also the case of uranium metal are closed," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.

There was no immediate official IAEA comment. A Nov. 15 IAEA report said Iran had provided "consistent" answers clarifying past centrifuge development work, although the answers were still being checked for completeness.

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[rockybelt]

1. I don't know

how the bushies let this little tidbit get out.
Surely this is not true. Arent the Iranians building nukes in their living rooms by now? They surely have at least 10,000 nukes ready to launch on the U.S.
We had better bomb the shit out of those ragheads before anyone discovers otherwise.

[nannah]

2. as i understand it, iran has been in compliance with iaea all along.

it is india and pakistan who don't belong to this worldwide organization. a bit odd that.

[creeksneakers2]

3. Iran is a signatory to the treaty

They have been cooperating with the IAEA but have not yet completely satisfied the IAEA. According to ElBaradei, most of the issues have been resolved with a few outstanding.

[nannah]

4. thanks for the clarification. n/t