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US official says Iran does not have data to build a nuclear bomb | US National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. James Jones has refuted a newly uncovered IAEA report that suggests Iran has the information needed to build a nuclear bomb.
According to a Christian Science Monitor report, the senior US security official
Sunday disagreed with the assessment that Iran now knows how to make a nuclear
bomb. According to the Sunday New York Times, a secret International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) report says that Iran has "sufficient information to be able to
design and produce a workable" atom bomb. US National Security Adviser James Jones,
however, disputed the IAEA's findings. Asked on CNN's "State of the Union" if
Iran has the data to make a nuclear bomb, he said: "No, we stand by the reports
that we've put out." Meanwhile, Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the IAEA, has sought
to emphasize progress in talks with Iran about its nuclear program. In a visit
to Tehran, he said: "I see that we are shifting gears from confrontation into
transparency and cooperation." In recent days, Iran has agreed to let IAEA inspectors
visit its previously secret site near Qom on October 25. It has also said that
it is open to the idea of allowing Russia to enrich a stockpile of uranium that,
international inspectors fear, could otherwise secretly be repurposed for weapons.
In addition, Iran has agreed to further talks this month. Jones agreed that Iran
has taken positive steps. "What's happened with regard to Iran in the last couple
of weeks has been very significant," he said. |
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