Outgoing IAEA chief has tough choice on Iran

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For close to a year, diplomats say, a report on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons experiments has been sitting in a drawer of a UN nuclear monitoring agency, with access limited to only a few top officials.

The question is whether the document – a summary of all the International Atomic Energy Agency knows about Iran's nuclear program – will be made public when agency publishes its latest report on Iran within two weeks.

As that date approaches IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei is faced with the tough choice of sharing all his agency findings about Iran's alleged arms programs, or leaving the decision to his successor later this year.

The existence of a secret IAEA summary of Iran's alleged weapons experiments based on agency investigations and US and other intelligence was confirmed to The Associated Press over the past few days by three senior western diplomats from nations accredited to the IAEA, as well as a senior international official who follows the Iran nuclear issue.

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Diplomats say Iran has lifted a ban and allowed UN inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor as well as granting greater monitoring rights at another atomic site.

The diplomats say International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visited the nearly finished Arak heavy water reactor last week after a yearlong ban. Separately, they say Iran agreed last week to IAEA requests to expand its monitoring of the Arak uranium enrichment site. It produces material for nuclear fuel that can be further enriched to provide fissile material for warheads.

The diplomats demanded anonymity Thursday because their information was confidential.

A senior Iranian official denied on Tuesday he had made any statement saying Tehran was ready for talks with the West on its disputed nuclear program, state television reported.

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