Fri, Nov 14, 2003 - Page 6 News List

US, Iran bicker over UN report

THREAT ASSESSMENT Iran is portraying a UN study into its nuclear policy as evidence it is peaceful, while the US sees its claims as proven

REUTERS , VIENNA

Former UN weapons inspector Blix, who now heads a new Swedish-backed international commission on weapons of mass destruction, said Iran's civilian reactors were not themselves a worry and it was uncertain whether Tehran wanted to build a nuclear bomb.

"I haven't any evidence of that," he said in an interview at his Stockholm home. "I don't think these two reactors or a civilian nuclear program are a danger per se."

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