Viennaasenioriranianenvoyaccusedtheinternationalatomicenergyagencyonwednesdayoffalsereportinginsayingthatagencyinspectorsprobingalaboratoryforsuspectedundeclarednuclearexperimentsfoundsomeequipmentremoved.Aliashgarsoltaniehdeclinedadirectanswerwhenaskedifhewasblamingtheagencyforamistakeorifhewassuggestinganotherreasonfortheallegedfalsefinding.Butsoltanieh,iranschiefiaeadelegate,saidhiscountrywouldbeaskingforaformalcorrectioninalettertoagencychiefyukiyaamanowithinthenextweek.Soltaniehwasreferringtoafindingpublishedintheiaeasquarterlyreportoniransnuclearactivitiesthattouchedonexperimentsinpyroprocessing,aprocedurethatcanbeusedtopurifyuraniummetalusedinnuclearwarheads.Injanuary,irantoldtheagencythatithadcarriedoutpyroprocessingexperiments,promptingarequestfromthenuclearagencyformoreinformationbutthenbacktrackedinmarchanddeniedconductingsuchactivities.Iaeaexpertslastmonthrevisitedthesitethejabribnjayanmultipurposeresearchlaboratoryintehranonlytoestablish"thattheelectrochemicalcellhadbeenremoved"fromtheunitusedintheexperiments,accordingtothereport.Whileiranoftencriticizesagencyreportingonitsactivities,itrarelydirectlychallengesitsfindingsandsaystheyarewrong.Soltaniehsfocusonthetopicdealtwithinonlyoneparagraphinthenine-pageiaeareportthusappearedtoreflecthiscountryssensitivityovertheissue."Paragraph28iswrong,"soltaniehtoldreporters."Nothinghasbeenremoved."Whateverisinthisparagraphisnotcorrect...Andweinsistthatthedirectorgeneralshouldcorrectit."Theiaeadeclinedtoissueaformalcomment.Butanagencyofficialfamiliarwiththeiranreportsaidtheagencystoodbyitsfindings.Theofficialaskedforanonymity,citingtheiaeasdecisionnottoformallyreacttotheiranianassertion.Thereportalsoconfirmedthatbeyonditswell-establishedprogramthatproduceslowenricheduraniumirancontinuestoenrichtonear20percentthroughaseparate,small-scaleprogramusinglow-enrichedfeedstock.Thatprogramaddstoconcernsaboutiransnuclearactivities.Althoughtehransaysallofitsactivitiesaregearedsolelytowardproducingnuclearfuel,itismucheasiertoproduceweapons-gradeuraniumforuseinnuclearwarheadsfrom20percentmaterialthanfromlow-enricheduranium.Iranjustifieditsdecisiontogotohigherenrichmentbysayingitwouldbepartofaprocesstocreatefuelforaresearchreactorproducingmedicalisotopesafteradealmeanttoprovidesuchfuelfromabroadfellapart.Itnowsaysitisreadytoacceptanoffersimilartotheoriginalonefloatedsevenmonthsagofuelfromabroadinexchangeforshippingoutmuchofitslow-enricheduranium.Butiranianofficialshavesaidtheircountrywouldnotstophigher-levelenrichmentevenifthefuelswapdealissealedsomethingsoltaniehrepeatedwednesday."Aslongasthefuelisnotinthecoreofthereactor"irancannotbesurethatthepromisesoffueldeliverieswillbekept,hetoldreporters,sayingiranhasnotrustinpromisesatatimeofinternationaltensionsoveritsnuclearprogram.Hedeclinedtosay,however,ifiranwasreadytostophigherenrichmentoncethefuelwasdeliveredfortheresearchreactor.Theu.S.Anditsalliesviewtehransinsistenceoncontinuinghigherenrichmentevenasitofferstoacceptaswapdealwithsuspicion,arguingthatitsrationaletodosowoulddisappearonceaswapagreementwasinplace.Theu.S.Andthefourotherpermanentu.N.Securitycouncilmembersrussia,china,britainandfrancehavetentativelybackedadraftfourthsetofu.N.Sanctionsagainstiranoveritsrefusaltostopenrichinguraniumandheedothercouncildemandsmeanttoreducesuspicionsoveritsnuclearaims. Acinetobacter !,Becomeafanonfacebook
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