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IAEA Chief Expects Iran to Meet Nuclear Cooperation Deadline The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday that he expects Iran to prove it is not developing nuclear weapons before a U.N.-mandated Oct. 31 deadline (see GSN, Sept. 30). “Four weeks is ample time for Iran to come up with a full and complete declaration,” said IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. “The next few weeks are key to gauge the level of cooperation and transparency displayed by Iran,” he added. ElBaradei said Iran should have no problem “telling us the full story,” but he added that it was unclear how long it would take IAEA inspectors to verify Iran’s claims. “I am not going to scuttle the process because of a particular date, nor am I going to jump to conclusions,” he said (George Jahn, Associated Press/Yahoo!News, Sept. 30). Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said today that the IAEA must not send the issue to the U.N. Security Council. “The official position of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the Additional Protocol [which would allow more intrusive monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities] … is for greater cooperation with the IAEA. We are determined to have an active and transparent cooperation with the agency,” Kharazi said (Agence France-Presse, Oct. 1).
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