Tue, Sep 09, 2003 - Page 6 News List

Iran tries to stave off global pressure

ON EDGE A confidential IAEA report revealed that Iran has weapons-grade uranium, but Tehran said that if the US is too tough in an IAEA meeting, the process will stall

AP , VIENNA

Suspicions about Iran's nuclear activities prompted Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA director-general, in February to tour Iran's nuclear facilities, including the incomplete plant in Natanz, about 480km south of Tehran. Diplomats said he was taken aback by the advanced stage of a project using hundreds of centrifuges to enrich uranium.

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