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UN raps Iran over secret atomic plans
Published: 7 May 2004

PARIS: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned Iran yesterday
the world would not wait forever for the Islamic republic to divulge the
full extent and nature of its nuclear programme.

"People have to be a little bit patient, but Iran also has to understand
that the world is not going to wait forever for them to come clean,"
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed
ElBaradei told a foreign relations committee of French parliament.

Western diplomats who follow the IAEA have said the number of
questions about Tehran's nuclear programme was increasing.

"There is suspicion that things are not completely right," a European
Union diplomat in Brussels said.

Iran says its nuclear programme is intended solely for the peaceful
generation of electricity.

Iran agreed to suspend its enrichment operations, which could be
used to purify uranium for bombs, but says it will eventually restart
the programme.

In October, Iran gave the IAEA what it said was a full declaration of
its atomic operations. But it omitted a number of research projects
that could relate to a weapons programme, such as advanced "P2"
centrifuges that can make arms-grade uranium.

"I'm pretty confident there will be more revelations down the line,"
another diplomat said.