Iran urges IAEA to be fair in forthcoming report

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Source: International Herald Tribune

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran says it expects the UN nuclear watchdog not to be influenced by the United States as it prepares to release its latest report on the country's nuclear program.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi says in comments Monday that Iran expects the IAEA to base its actions on a legal framework and not be influenced by U.S. "pressures."

The International Atomic Energy Agency is due to release the report on Iran's nuclear program on Monday following several rounds of talks with Iran last month.

The United States and some of its allies accuse Iran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon. But Iran, already under three sets of U.N. sanctions over its refusal to suspend its nuclear program, denies the claim.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/15/news/ML-Iran-Nuclear.php

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Associated link :

The International Atomic Energy Agency has denied reports that enriched uranium has disappeared from Iran's nuclear facility in Isfahan.

""The article, entitled 'Iran renews nuclear weapons development' published in (Friday's) Daily Telegraph by Con Coughlin and Tim butcher is fictitious,"" IAEA Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said in a statement.

""IAEA inspectors have no indication that any nuclear material is missing from the plant,"" reads the statement.

The September 12 article alleged that nuclear material equivalent to that of six atomic bombs had disappeared from Isfahan and were believed to have been relocated to covert installations spotted by American spy satellites.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=177908

Yet to be posted : BBC TV News has as current LBN that the report says Iran has got 3840 enrichmenmt facilities with another 2000 due to come online. Iran says all for peaceful purposes.