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Tough questions awaiting IAEA report
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:58:40
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The US and its allies are setting the stage for a push for new sanctions on Iran before the issuance of the last report by the IAEA Chief.
The US, Britain and France are planning to ask dozens of tough questions about Iran's uranium enrichment program that an IAEA report due Thursday probably will not be able to answer.
In 10 pages, they outline what Washington, London and Paris think Iran must tell the IAEA in order to build confidence that their nuclear program is only expanded to generate electricity.
Just one day before the delivery of the IAEA report The Chief US envoy to the IAEA, Gregory L. Schulte told reporters: "selective cooperation is not good enough"
France is planning to ask the IAEA to share all "questions put to Iran and answers given'', a condition that the IAEA is likely to refuse because of confidentiality reasons.
According to the timetable of the work plan, the ElBaradei report due Thursday will focus on enrichment.
It will likely be debated by the IAEA's board at a meeting starting Nov. 22, with the US, France and Britain which have already started their hostility.
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