Western Nations Push IAEA to Disclose Iran Records

The United States and other Western powers are urging the International Atomic Energy Agency to fully disclose information that could shed light on Iran's alleged nuclear-weapon ambitions, the New York Times reported today (see GSN, Aug. 25).

The information includes computer files and other records purported to document nuclear-weapon research undertaken by the Middle Eastern state, including high-explosives experiments relevant to nuclear-weapon detonation as well as an effort to modify an Iranian Shahab missile to accommodate a nuclear warhead. At a closed-door meeting in February 2008 in which the agency shared some of the documents with its governing board, IAEA safeguards chief Olli Heinonen said the information was "not consistent with any application other than the development of a nuclear weapon" (see GSN, Feb. 28, 2008).

Iran, which insists its nuclear ambitions are strictly peaceful, has claimed the documents were falsified.

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