A senior US security official Sunday disagreed with the assessment that Iran now knows how to make a nuclear bomb.
According to the Sunday New York Times, a secret International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report says that Iran has “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” atom bomb.
US National Security Adviser James Jones, however, disputed the IAEA’s findings. Asked on CNN’s “” if Iran has the data to make a nuclear bomb, he said: “No, we stand by the reports that we’ve put out.”
Two years ago, the US released a report suggesting that Iran has stopped work on its nuclear-weapons program in 2003. The Times emphasizes that other countries, including Britain and France, have begun to have doubts about this conclusion.
The authors of the so-called “secret annex” of the IAEA report acknowledge that their findings are not definitive and that further investigation is necessary.
But the report embodies a growing split within the nuclear agency on how hard to push Iran, The Times suggests.
Mohammed ElBaradei, head of the IAEA, has sought to emphasize progress in talks with Iran about its nuclear program.
In a visit to Tehran, he said: “I see… >>>
