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Report Card: Can the International Atomic Energy Agency Stop a War With Iran?

IN THIS ISSUE: Report card: can the IAEA stop a war with Iran? Former CIA chief: decision on Iran strike can wait, facility for nuclear waste: South Korea can’t afford to postpone selecting site, China continues to increase defensive potential, NRC rejects nuclear reactor for too much foreign ownership, missile defense priorities would shift under Romney.

Published on September 4, 2012
 

Report Card: Can the International Atomic Energy Agency Stop a War With Iran?

Mark Hibbs | Foreign Policy

Yukiya Amano

The International Atomic Energy Agency released a report last Thursday indicating that Iran continues to enrich uranium in violation of Security Council Resolutions and continues to obstruct the IAEA investigation.

Illustrating that Iran is defiant and determined not to bend to the will of the international community, the IAEA’s 14-page document expresses five salient concerns: the Fordow centrifuge installation, uranium enrichment, lack of Iranian cooperation on weapons allegations, a suspected nuclear ‘clean-up’ at Parchin, and reactor construction at Arak.   Full Article



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