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February 16, 2006
What are the facts
On France Inter this morning Stéphane Paoli interviewed Ali Larijani, who claimed IAEA inspectors and their cameras were on site in Iranian enrichment plants.
On BBC News this morning, Douste-Blazy says Iran has a secret weapons program.
According to a short resolution the IAEA is not able to prove that there are no undeclared nuclear materials or activities in Iran, and that Iran has been less than perfectly cooperative:
(f) Recalling that in reports referred to above, the Director General noted that after nearly three years of intensive verification activity, the Agency is not yet in a position to clarify some important issues relating to Iran's nuclear programme or to conclude that there are no undeclared nuclear materials or activities in Iran, (g) Recalling Iran’s many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply with its NPT Safeguards Agreement and the absence of confidence that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes resulting from the history of concealment of Iran’s nuclear activities, the nature of those activities and other issues arising from the Agency’s verification of declarations made by Iran since September 2002,
So for Douste-Blazy, they're guilty until proven innocent. I cannot find anything stating how well the US and France are complying with IAEA inspectors.
Posted by Mark at February 16, 2006 11:25 AM
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