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Israel: UN witholding details of Iran's nuclear program
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: IAEA, Iran nuclear program 

The Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a statement accusing the International Atomic Energy Agency of not publishing information gathered against Iran's nuclear energy program.

The statement alleges that an IAEA report on Iran's nuclear energy program released on Friday "does not reflect the entirety of the information the IAEA holds on Iran's efforts to advance their military program, nor their continued efforts to conceal and deceive and their refusal to cooperate with the IAEA and the international community."

According to the statement, Israel expects the international community "to quickly take significance steps to cancel Iran's nuclear weapons program."
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The Foreign Ministry statement comes ahead of next month's annual IAEA committee meeting in Vienna and a special UN Security Council meeting to discuss Iran's nuclear program.

The statement also accuses Iran of "foot-dragging" and continuing to ignore IAEA questions about its nuclear program and "continues to avoid adhering to Security Council demands to stop enriching uranium."


In the IAEA report released Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog says Iran's nuclear energy program may contain "military dimensions."

In other words, the IAEA report states that Iran may be working towards acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. The report was issued just prior to the annual meeting of IAEA member states which is scheduled to convene next month in Vienna.

A senior Iranian envoy angrily denounced the assessment as "fabrication,"
insisting his country has gone out of its way to be transparent and
cooperative.

The report alleges that Iran is refusing the agency's repeated requests for explanations and documentation over its past nuclear activities. Tehran's non-compliance has raised suspicions that it is aiming to attain nuclear weapons.

It has become evident that Iran has confirmed, albeit implicitly, that it carried out experiments in order to test the process known as "detonation," a key stage in the development of nuclear weapons.

In addition, it refused to comment on other activities related to its nuclear program, including "weaponization," one of the final phases in manufacturing nuclear weapons in which fissionable material is installed into the bomb.

The report also states that Iran continues to install centrifuges used for enriching uranium in the nuclear facility in Natanz. The IAEA estimates that Iran has over 8,000 centrifuges.

In addition, Iran is believed to be proceeding with it uranium enrichment program. According to the IAEA, it has amassed over 1,000 kilograms of low-grade enriched uranium (up to five percent).

Should this quantity undergo an enrichment process that would raise its level to 90 percent, it would be sufficient in order to manufacture over 30 kilograms of fissionable material, enough to produce at least one atomic bomb.

The IAEA also states that Iran has completed nearly two-thirds of the heavy water reactor at Arak, which is capable of generating an output of 40 megawatts and manufacturing plutonium.

The IAEA report, which was submitted by the outgoing director-general Mohammed ElBaradei, is worded ambiguously and does not meet Israeli or Western expectations in its forcefulness against Iran's nuclear efforts.

Iran's chief representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, told the AP he found the report "very frustrating," and angrily suggested that U.S. intelligence was working to undermine Iran's credibility.

"America alleges that Iran has a Manhattan Project to build a bomb," Soltanieh said. "This is ridiculous. This game is enough. It should be over. ... We have tried to take a very logical and pragmatic approach."

"All these things are fabrications. We have been too transparent and
cooperative with the agency," he added.

"We are very concerned that they are not addressing the concerns of the
international community," U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Friday in Washington.

"They say they want to have the right to a civilian nuclear energy program, but they also have the obligation to show the world that that is indeed what they intend to do," he said.

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      1.   Really? 20:17  |  Tzvi 28/08/09
      2.   This report has typical political dimensions 20:18  |  Reza 28/08/09
      3.   of course 20:19  |  Siad 28/08/09
      4.   `military dimensions?` That`s a maybe. But a necessary one. 20:19  |  Lou Medel 28/08/09
      5.   May contain? Does contain. Appeasers now have confirmation. 20:21  |  4:20 28/08/09
      6.   THE REST OF US KNEW HAVE KNOWN THAT FOR YEARS 20:26  |  zionist forever 28/08/09
      7.   Military dimensions? Really? Gee, not a civilian program? 20:37  |  I have been fooled! 28/08/09
      8.   Just like Israel`s nuclear program 20:40  |  Tom Smith 28/08/09
      9.   #2--denying the obvious 21:02  |  Paul Freedman 28/08/09
      10.   Lou Medel`s "signatory to the NPT." 21:07  |  SDHD 28/08/09
      11.   Hypocracy 21:38  |  peter vojta 28/08/09
      12.   May have 22:22  |  Richard Pearce 28/08/09
      13.   Let`s Not Kid Ourselves... 22:24  |  Yosemite 28/08/09
      14.   "Iran nuclear program may have `military dimensions`" 23:42  |  Rafé 28/08/09
      15.   Iran & Nukes 23:44  |  Bobby from Canada 28/08/09
      16.   Yawn. What a coincidence. 23:53  |  Ronald 28/08/09
      17.   #2 Yes Israel has so much influence at UN ... YOU MUST BE JOKING 23:59  |  GZLives 28/08/09
      18.   lies 00:23  |  PM Balkenende 29/08/09
      19.   Lu Meddle you want a comparison? OK 00:46  |  Dan 29/08/09
      20.   So What! 01:06  |  Cool B 29/08/09
      21.   Iran trying for nukes now but to have ablility for later 01:22  |  Bloodyscot 29/08/09
      22.   ambiguous game 01:23  |  Joe Hill 29/08/09
      23.   Why doesn`t Iran tell the truth about the US intentions? 01:42  |  Ryan 29/08/09
      24.   Oh no! Now everyone wants weapons to match Israel`s! 01:55  |  Maureen Ann 29/08/09
      25.   The IAEA has ZERO credibility 02:37  |  Peter Williams 29/08/09
      26.   Oh ... glad that`s cleared up! 03:06  |  Morris Valentine 29/08/09
      27.   Show us some evidence - Not half baked stories 03:36  |  Marc Leb 29/08/09
      28.   #3 Siad....just so you know 03:51  |  Lynn 29/08/09
      29.   #6, ZIONIST FOREVER, look in the mirror 04:27  |  VIPER 29/08/09
      30.   I had hopes - but then I am ever expectant of good intentions 04:40  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      31.   SS - look it up 04:44  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      32.   zionist forever 04:50  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      33.   Evidence?! Where`s the actual evidence? 04:52  |  Damian Lataan 29/08/09
      34.   Not intended for publication 04:57  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      35.   Consider the headline. 05:06  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      36.   #4 Lou Medel`s ONE dimensional TAKE on iran`s NUKES - Laughable 05:10  |  CK Tan 29/08/09
      37.   Heard any news lately? 05:32  |  Jim 29/08/09
      38.   All that means is that the IAEA is getting a percentage now 05:39  |  steve from raleigh 29/08/09
      39.   Israel has nukes so why not 05:43  |  Bill 29/08/09
      40.   #3 Siad 05:46  |  Jim 29/08/09
      41.   Sigh, of course it can`t be true, Mark Lincoln hasn`t read about 06:31  |  Jacob Blues 29/08/09
      42.   Where is Oroville? 06:38  |  J 29/08/09
      43.   mark lincoln i salute you 06:43  |  indian cheif 29/08/09
      44.   Did anyone notice the qualification????? 07:01  |  Johnboy 29/08/09
      45.   Mad is sane 07:08  |  Natallie Durson 29/08/09
      46.   #14 Bill 07:15  |  Bobby 29/08/09
      47.   Soltanieh`s Fuzzy Math For Infidels 07:37  |  Lavi 29/08/09
      48.   Iran nuclear program may have `military dimensions` 08:33  |  Colin Wright 29/08/09
      49.   YES 09:54  |  ANDI 29/08/09
      50.   Raza (#2) What are you talking about? 10:15  |  Gil 29/08/09
      51.   Doesn`t Israel..... 10:21  |  John of Jordan 29/08/09
      52.   El Baredei, publish the secret annex 10:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/08/09
      53.   No sh*t, Sherlock... 10:39  |  MarkC 29/08/09
      54.   Cut to the chase ... 11:11  |  Bronco Billy 29/08/09
      55.   Cipora Julianna Kohn - Why do you continue to lie? 11:14  |  CJ 29/08/09
      56.   Unused nukes 11:31  |  Keith 29/08/09
      57.   #19 Cipora Julianna Kohn knows 11:40  |  maoriboy 29/08/09
      58.   Israel is no panacea 11:41  |  Osama 29/08/09
      59.   Was the a headlne from "Duh" Magazine? 11:58  |  dyinglikeflies 29/08/09
      60.   CJ #23 hasn`t read his own reference 12:04  |  Peter Williams 29/08/09
      61.   To Osama 12:11  |  Keith 29/08/09
      62.   steve from raleigh Uh?? Percentage of what? 12:36  |  CJ 29/08/09
      63.   Gil - show these rumours were true...thx 12:40  |  CJ 29/08/09
      64.   UN and Iran 12:59  |  DT 29/08/09
      65.   To Keith 12:59  |  Osama 29/08/09
      66.   DT Apart from rumour, have you nay evidencde to 13:30  |  CJ 29/08/09
      67.   A schizoid set of postings from Mark Lincoln 13:33  |  Peter Williams 29/08/09
      68.   Tzvi Where has Iran threatened to bomb Israel and the west? 13:33  |  CJ 29/08/09
      69.   "May have"?? Now you noticed it?? And when Israel is wiped off 13:43  |  Golan, Open for Life 29/08/09
      70.   Peter Williams ..read carefully & what came after `etc` ?? 14:00  |  CJ 29/08/09
      71.   CJ (#32) 14:19  |  Gil 29/08/09
      72.   Military Dimensions? 14:23  |  Yosemite 29/08/09
      73.   to MARK LINCOLN : THANK YOU 14:33  |  ROB 29/08/09
      74.   UN 14:40  |  shimi 29/08/09
      75.   suspicion 14:56  |  oz 29/08/09
      76.   Follow-up: second point on IAEA embargo 15:00  |  Paul Freedman 29/08/09
      77.   osama 15:02  |  shimi 29/08/09
      78.   bill 15:11  |  oz 29/08/09
      79.   Defenders of Iran are hopeless 15:24  |  Lynn 29/08/09
      80.   #26 maoriboy...oh duh 15:29  |  Lynn 29/08/09
      81.   Iran Nuke Program 15:29  |  The Teacher/Instruct 29/08/09
      82.   #27 Osama....just think 15:35  |  Lynn 29/08/09
      83.   CJ (#32) & ``illegal acquisition of territory by war`` 15:36  |  Gil 29/08/09
      84.   Rob don`t thank Mark Lincoln 16:10  |  Peter Williams 29/08/09
      85.   to peter vojta, yes what abt Isr illegal nukes? 16:19  |  GA 29/08/09
      86.   Here we have Israel armed to the teeth 16:26  |  Hambone 29/08/09
      87.   Please Mark Houston, Texas 16:33  |  GA 29/08/09
      88.   to John of Jordan 16:48  |  GA 29/08/09
      89.   No way! Really? 16:51  |  Ishai 29/08/09
      90.   No way! Really? 16:51  |  Ishai 29/08/09
      91.   to Bronco Billy 16:59  |  GA 29/08/09
      92.   #10 SDHD, #17 CK Tan Never do you mention Israel. 17:12  |  Lou Medel 29/08/09
      93.   #51 Lynn Defenders of Iran are hopeless... 17:21  |  Lou Medel 29/08/09
      94.   To Lynn 18:29  |  Osama 29/08/09
      95.   Iran`s program may be military 18:44  |  Glenn Harbison 29/08/09
      96.   Tzvi 19:49  |  Al 29/08/09
      97.   Mark Lincoln 20:25  |  TonyL 29/08/09
      98.   IAEA- why? 20:26  |  Ori 29/08/09
      99.   CJ TRhe prolific (Idiot) 20:44  |  Bilbi 29/08/09
      100.   I guess folks other than I read the IAEA report 20:56  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      101.   If Israel own N weapons, why not Iran? 21:18  |  BIG 29/08/09
      102.   Nuclear technology and reality 21:22  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/09
      103.   Read it for youself, Maoriboy # 55 21:23  |  Fortuna Benmayor 29/08/09
      104.   we have a sell out in the House of Israel 22:13  |  Karoon 29/08/09
      105.   CJ, you REALLY need some new material. 22:17  |  flyingdoc57 29/08/09
      106.   "We have been too transparent with the Agency" 22:29  |  Realist 29/08/09
      107.   Coalition of Arabic States by Lawrence of Arabia or Rommels House 22:34  |  Karoon-Rankoo 29/08/09
      108.   Osama of short memory 22:39  |  Bilbi 29/08/09
      109.   flyingdoc57 The truth doesn`t wear out 23:03  |  CJ 29/08/09
      110.   # 101 Fortuna Benmayor 00:50  |  maoriboy 30/08/09
      111.   Lynn "what are sanctions for" #78 02:30  |  Roo 30/08/09
      112.   BIG, correct. Israel has invited this... 02:30  |  BBSNews 30/08/09
      113.   GA #85 02:30  |  Roo 30/08/09
      114.   Israel disappointed 02:34  |  Gully Foyle 30/08/09
      115.   Red Herring 02:41  |  Gully Foyle 30/08/09
      116.   Lou, Lou, Lou 04:00  |  SDHD 30/08/09
      117.   We trusted the IAEA and !!!!! 04:25  |  Bill 30/08/09
      118.   Lunacy defined - Fortuna 04:50  |  Mark Lincoln 30/08/09
      119.   #110 - Gully Foyle 04:56  |  Miss America 30/08/09
      120.   Answer to BIG`s question and BSNews` silly reply 05:17  |  SDHD 30/08/09
      121.   "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." 06:36  |  Murray of Montreal 30/08/09
      122.   Only actions count. 08:43  |  B. Gold 30/08/09
      123.   # 78 duh- Lynn and her twisted logic 6th try 08:53  |  maoriboy 30/08/09
      124.   For whom Iran`s bomb will toll? 10:49  |  Edward 30/08/09
      125.   Mark Lincoln I wish I could bet you on this one 11:25  |  Peter Williams 30/08/09
      126.   bbsn 13:18  |  shimi 30/08/09
      127.   #109 cj and the unworkable partition plan re visited 15:10  |  v hardman 30/08/09
      128.   shimi, the US is not threatening to wipe North Korea... 16:31  |  BBSNews 30/08/09
      129.   Peter Williams, what Syrian reactor? 16:37  |  BBSNews 30/08/09
      130.   Israel and the NPT 16:52  |  stephen 30/08/09
      131.   See Mark Lincoln for an accurate analysis 17:09  |  Roo 30/08/09
      132.   See roo #131 for an INEPT reference 18:14  |  CK Tan 30/08/09
      133.   v hardman The White paper didn`t say a Jewish State 18:43  |  CJ 30/08/09
      134.   Peter Williams There is no obligation for NPT countries 19:46  |  CJ 30/08/09
      135.   Israel + UN + Iran`s nuclear program 21:04  |  Fran Greenfield 30/08/09
      136.   Roo, you quote Counterpunch as your source? 03:56  |  Peter Williams 31/08/09
      137.   Totally wrong again CJ (2nd try with way fewer insults ok)) 05:50  |  Peter Williams 31/08/09
      138.   Peter Williams ...Uh huh In your dreams 12:54  |  CJ 31/08/09
      139.   See CK Tan #132 For an IDIOTIC response 22:57  |  Roo 31/08/09
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