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Iran given 'nuclear weapon' data
Iran has passed on to United Nations inspectors documents on how to build a crucial part of a nuclear bomb, the UN's atomic agency says.
Tehran says it got the information from the nuclear smuggling network run by disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan, according to an agency report.
The Iranians say they neither requested the data from AQ Khan nor used it.
The agency concludes Iran has improved co-operation with its inspectors, but has yet to provide full transparency.
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more openness was "indispensable and overdue".
Tehran insists its nuclear programme is for energy purposes only.
But many board IAEA members are concerned about Iran's decision to resume uranium conversion - a precursor to enrichment. Highly enriched uranium can be used to make nuclear weapons.
In a five-page internal report, the agency said the Iranians had obtained data on processing enriched uranium from AQ Khan's network in 1987.
A source familiar with the report told the BBC the information amounted to "design information which could be used for a critical part of a nuclear bomb".
The IAEA report called on Tehran to give more information on equipment that could have both civilian and military uses.
It also said Iran had to provide access "to relevant military-owned workshops and research and development locations".
'Common goal'
Talks between European countries and Iran broke down in August, when Iran resumed nuclear conversion for the first time after a nine-month hiatus.
In September the IAEA's board called on Iran to cease all nuclear fuel work, and threatened to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council, which can impose sanctions. The IAEA's board of governors is set to meet again next week.
The US and Europe want Iran to give up all activities that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
Senior US envoy Nicholas Burns was expected to meet British, French and German negotiators in London on Friday ahead of next week's meeting.
The US state department spokesman Adam Ereli said Friday's talks would consider "how together we can all act to accomplish our common goal".
He said Iran's decision to resume uranium processing went "against what they themselves have committed themselves to and what the international community has asked of them".
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God dammit!!WTF is going on nowadays. the only reliable neighbour now we have is China. On top of that this is not only the Iranians fault but, the Pakistani governments aswell...because AQ khan should have been under watch every 24 hours. This is just wonderful, Just like AQ sold the info, Iran sold us!!
Iran has passed on to United Nations inspectors documents on how to build a crucial part of a nuclear bomb, the UN's atomic agency says.
Tehran says it got the information from the nuclear smuggling network run by disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan, according to an agency report.
The Iranians say they neither requested the data from AQ Khan nor used it.
The agency concludes Iran has improved co-operation with its inspectors, but has yet to provide full transparency.
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more openness was "indispensable and overdue".
Tehran insists its nuclear programme is for energy purposes only.
But many board IAEA members are concerned about Iran's decision to resume uranium conversion - a precursor to enrichment. Highly enriched uranium can be used to make nuclear weapons.
In a five-page internal report, the agency said the Iranians had obtained data on processing enriched uranium from AQ Khan's network in 1987.
A source familiar with the report told the BBC the information amounted to "design information which could be used for a critical part of a nuclear bomb".
The IAEA report called on Tehran to give more information on equipment that could have both civilian and military uses.
It also said Iran had to provide access "to relevant military-owned workshops and research and development locations".
'Common goal'
Talks between European countries and Iran broke down in August, when Iran resumed nuclear conversion for the first time after a nine-month hiatus.
In September the IAEA's board called on Iran to cease all nuclear fuel work, and threatened to refer Tehran to the UN Security Council, which can impose sanctions. The IAEA's board of governors is set to meet again next week.
The US and Europe want Iran to give up all activities that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
Senior US envoy Nicholas Burns was expected to meet British, French and German negotiators in London on Friday ahead of next week's meeting.
The US state department spokesman Adam Ereli said Friday's talks would consider "how together we can all act to accomplish our common goal".
He said Iran's decision to resume uranium processing went "against what they themselves have committed themselves to and what the international community has asked of them".
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God dammit!!WTF is going on nowadays. the only reliable neighbour now we have is China. On top of that this is not only the Iranians fault but, the Pakistani governments aswell...because AQ khan should have been under watch every 24 hours. This is just wonderful, Just like AQ sold the info, Iran sold us!!