UN finally waking up to Iran Nuclear threat

Thanks to GM.
The head of the IAEA, ElBaradei, maybe finally waking up to Iran's intent on pursuing uranium enrichment and nuclear research.

in unusually strong wording, the IAEA said Iran had not so far explained documentation pointing to undeclared efforts to "weaponize" nuclear materials by linking uranium processing with explosives and designing of a missile warhead.

The UN security council will vote to impose sanctions on Iran in the following week. I doubt the sanctions will accomplish much. The existing sanctions have failed to convince Iran to stop enriching uranium. And now Iran may have enough enriched uranium for an atomic bomb by the end of the year.

I fear Ahmadinejad will utilize Iran's nuclear work to pursue his insane vision.

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday Iran had failed to explain Western intelligence reports showing explosives and missile work linked to the production of atomic bombs and that this was a "serious concern."

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CRUCIAL REQUIREMENT

ElBaradei said one crucial requirement was for Iran to implement the IAEA's Additional Protocol, which allows snap inspections that could verify that Tehran is not engaged in secret bomb work beyond declared civilian atomic energy sites.

Another issue was Iran's failure so far to address Western intelligence, published for the first time by the report, about coordination between uranium processing, missile warhead design work and high-explosives tests, he said.

"The issue is still critical for us to be able to come to a determination as to the nature of Irans nuclear program."

ElBaradei said Iran should heed U.N. Security Council demands for a suspension of all uranium enrichment activity as a major step towards easing mistrust.

But he expressed satisfaction U.N. inspectors had been able to clarify all outstanding past issues about the program, except for weapon making, in the past few months because Iran had provided credible answers that had been withheld earlier.

"We are disappointed with Iran's continued failure to comply with its U.N. Security Council obligations and calls by the IAEA to suspend all proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities," said senior U.S. official Kate Starr.

"While we welcome the progress the IAEA has made on some issues, until Iran meets its obligations the international community can have no confidence that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful," said Starr, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.