Network News » international atomic energy agency http://www.networknewsdaily.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:56:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 U.N. to Inspect Iran Nuclear Plant This Monthhttp://www.networknewsdaily.com/2009/10/05/u-n-to-inspect-iran-nuclear-plant-this-month/ http://www.networknewsdaily.com/2009/10/05/u-n-to-inspect-iran-nuclear-plant-this-month/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:04:05 +0000 John Malloy http://www.networknewsdaily.com/?p=3405 United Nations inspectors will visit Iran’s recently disclosed nuclear power plant on October 25, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency announced Sunday from Tehran, Iran.

“It is important for us to send out inspectors to do comprehensive verification … to assure ourselves that it is … fit for peaceful purposes,” Mohamed ElBaradei said.

Iran sent shock waves through the international community recently when Tehran wrote a letter to the IAEA revealing the existence of a nuclear enrichment facility near the city of Qom.

Iran said its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes, but the United States, among others, fears the country aims to build nuclear weapons. Video Watch ElBaradei announce the October 25 visit »

The New York Times reported Sunday that IAEA experts “have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired ‘sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable’ atom bomb.”

Citing senior European officials, the report said that the conclusions are tentative, but “go well beyond the public positions taken by several governments, including the United States.” Video Watch can the West live with a nuclear Iran? »

CNN could not immediately confirm the Times’ report….

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