IAEA: Iranian Cooperation Significant

[jayfish]

Source: Excite News

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.N. nuclear agency said Thursday that Iran was producing less nuclear fuel than expected and praised Tehran for "a significant step forward" in explaining past atomic actions that have raised suspicions.

The assessment is expected to make it more difficult for the United States to rally support for a new round of sanctions against Tehran.

At the same time, the report confirmed that Iran continued to expand its uranium enrichment program, reflecting the Islamic republic's defiance of the U.N. Security Council. Still, U.N. officials said, both enrichment and the building of a plutonium-producing reactor was continuing more slowly than expected.

Iran promptly touted the report as supporting Iran's stand that the U.S.-led calls for a third round U.N. Security Council sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment were unjustified.

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070830/D8RBCC3G0.html

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Expect this information to be dismissed out-of-hand (if it's even considered at all) by ShrubCo.

Jay

[BlackHawk706867]

1. This report could actually stave off a rumored strike on Iran by US and ...

other forces! This would not go over well if the US were to attack Iran if Iran is seeming to cooperate in the eyes of the world.

ww

[Mnemosyne]

3. They did it in Iraq. n/t

[panader0]

2. I just e-mailed by Rep (Giffords) and asked her to help stop the

drumbeat for military action against Iran.

[chill_wind]

4. US media far too busy to notice. K/R n/t

[slipslidingaway]

5. K&R n/t