IAEA: Iran Could be Hiding Nukes

After years of being stonewalled by Iran, the cheif of the IAEA, El Baradei, expressed concerned that Iran may be hiding nuclear activity. This only took the IAEA 6 years to figure out. Iran had been secretly working on nuclear technology before 2002 and was outed by an Iranian dissident group, National Council of Resistance of Iran. Jerusalem Post

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Monday that he cannot determine whether Iran is hiding some nuclear activities, comments that appeared to reflect a high level of frustration with stonewalling of his investigators.

IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei said Iran's stonewalling of his agency was a "serious concern."

"Iran needs to give the agency substantive information" to clear up suspicions, he said at the start of a 35-nation, semi-annual IAEA board meeting, in comments made available to reporters.

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ElBaradei rejected the Iranian suggestion that the IAEA probe could expose non-nuclear military secrets, saying the IAEA "does not in any way seek to 'pry' into Iran's conventional or missile-related military activities."

"We need, however, to make use of all relevant information to be able to confirm that no nuclear material is being used for nuclear weapons purposes," he said, urging Iran to "implement all measures required to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program at the earliest possible date."

If Teheran fails to do so, the IAEA "will not be able to provide credible assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran," he said.