New IAEA Report: Iran Continues to Withhold Nuclear Program Info
IAEA Report released Sept. 15, 2008


The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today (Sept. 15) released new findings that Iran is continuing to refuse to provide information about the nature of its nuclear program and its uranium enrichment activities. The Islamic Republic could face a new round of sanctions for its intransigence. See below for additional information about past reports and visit www.theisraelproject.org/iranpresskit for more information about Iran.

The IAEA's reports about Iran’s nuclear program have consistently found that Iran has failed – and continues to fail – to fully cooperate with the IAEA, pointing to a military dimension to Iran’s nuclear program.[1] Iran has acknowledged working on a nuclear program for more than 20 years[2] and pursued a policy of concealment until October 2003. Since then, Iran has failed to provide satisfactory information about and access to its program.[3]

The reports have also found that Iran is continuously developing and operating new centrifuges[4] and enriching uranium in violation of several U.N. Security Council Resolutions. This is a major concern for the IAEA.[5] Other findings conclude that Iran apparently is conducting secret studies to convert uranium dioxide into “green salt,” which can be used to make fuel for a nuclear reactor or fissile material for a bomb. Iran is also testing “high explosives” and redesigning the inner cone of the Shahab-3 missile re-entry head to accommodate a nuclear warhead, a subject of concern to the Agency.[6]