ElBaradei Says Unclear if Iran Nuke Plans Peaceful (no evidence it isn't)

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VIENNA (Reuters) - It is unclear if Iran's nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful, but there is still no firm evidence that Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons as Washington asserts, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tuesday.

``Have we seen any proof of a weapons program? Have we seen undeclared (uranium) enrichment? ... Obviously until today there is none of that,'' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei told reporters before entering a closed-door session of the IAEA board of governors.

``But are we in a position to say that everything is peaceful? Obviously we are not at this stage,'' he said, summing up a two-year IAEA investigation of Tehran's atomic program.

Although ElBaradei's inspectors have uncovered many potentially arms-related activities in Iran, it has found no ``smoking gun'' to back U.S. charges of a covert bomb program.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-nuclear-iran.html

[NNN0LHI]

1. I am sure their nuke program is as peaceful as Israels

So whats the big deal?

Don

[Ms. Clio]

2. Once again, the demand to prove a negative

Just like Iraq was supposed to prove it didn't have any WMDs.

And, of course, it didn't.