UN Nuke Watchdog Rejects Iran's Call to Close Case

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UN Nuke Watchdog Rejects Iran's Call to Close Case
Mon Mar 8, 2004 07:48 AM ET

By Louis Charbonneau and Mark Trevelyan

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog voiced "serious concern" Monday at omissions in Iran's declarations about its nuclear activities and rejected a call from Tehran to drop investigations.

Mohamed ElBaradei singled out Tehran's failure last October to mention that it had designs for advanced centrifuges capable of producing highly enriched uranium for use in a nuclear reactor or, potentially, in an atomic weapon.

"I am seriously concerned that Iran's October declaration did not include any reference to its possession of P2 centrifuge designs and related R&D (research and development), which in my view was a setback to Iran's stated policy of transparency," ElBaradei said.

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