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IAEA Chief: 'Iran not telling us everything'

IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano has told CNN that Iran is not telling us everything.

Let's go to the videotape (more below).



The P-5+1 will be issuing a statement to the IAEA on Thursday. The statement's issuance will be a bid to show Iran that it is isolated and that even Russia and China are not in its court.

Also Wednesday, a Western diplomat here said that the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany -- the so-called P5-plus-1 -- have agreed on a joint statement on Iran, which will be delivered Thursday to the IAEA.

"The statement underlines our concerns about Iran's nuclear activities, including its uranium enrichment activities at Natanz and Fordow," the diplomat said. "It calls on the director general of the IAEA to report back on Iran's progress in fulfilling its obligations."

Diplomats at the IAEA say the statement is notable because it represents a unified message from a group that has often had difficulty speaking with one voice.

"The hope is it helps isolate Iran and indicates that Russia and China are in the West's camp in calling on Iran to comply," the diplomat said.

Iran cannot be trusted to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons program. In fact, I doubt they will even go so far as to claim that they are giving it up since they have always claimed that they don't have one. How long will the world continue to go along with this charade? What could go wrong?

Labels: IAEA, Iranian nuclear threat, Yukia Amano

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:24 AM