Monday, January 14, 2008

Iran nuclear answers 'in a month'

Iran has agreed to clarify all outstanding questions over its past nuclear activities within a month, the UN nuclear watchdog has announced.

The IAEA made the announcement after talks in Tehran held by the agency's head, Mohamed ElBaradei. A senior official from Iran's atomic energy agency confirmed the agreement, saying Iran has nothing to hide.
Western countries fear Iran is refusing to suspend uranium enrichment because it wants to produce a nuclear weapon.
Tehran denies this, insisting the programme is solely to generate electricity. An IAEA spokeswoman said Mr ElBaradei had also received information on Iran's "new generation of centrifuges".
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