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AFP: UN watchdog chief says Iran anti-nuclear efforts failed: report

UN watchdog chief says Iran anti-nuclear efforts failed: report
8 Dec 08 WASHINGTON (AFP) — The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said that international efforts to halt Iranian nuclear activity have been a failure, according to an interview with the Los Angeles Times.”We haven’t really moved one inch toward addressing the issues,” said Mohamed ElBaradei who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency, in an interview published Saturday.”I think so far the policy has been a failure.”……………………

Iran has faced three sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment activities, but over the past five years Tehran has pressed on with its controversial nuclear work.

The United States and other western powers suspect that the Islamic republic’s nuclear program is a cover for an atomic weapons-making program…………….The IAEA reported last month that Iran now has more than 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges in operation.

AFP: UN watchdog chief says Iran anti-nuclear efforts failed: report

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December 8, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war