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| US lawmaker accuses IAEA |
| 2009-08-20 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A senior US lawmaker has charged the IAEA with hiding "evidence" of Iran's alleged "quest for atomic weapons" and called for the information to be made public. "Instead of preventing nuclear proliferation, it appears that an increasingly politicized IAEA may be concealing evidence of just that by the Iranian regime," claimed Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "The IAEA must immediately release all evidence of Iran's nuclear activities," AFP quoted her as saying in a statement. The Florida lawmaker's remarks come as Israel's Haaretz newspaper accused the UN nuclear watchdog of holding back evidence of "Iran's drive to obtain nuclear weapons." The daily cited unnamed Israeli officials as alleging that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is refraining from publishing the data it has obtained about Iran's nuclear program during the recent months. The IAEA has repeatedly declared that no single evidence has been found to indicate that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at developing nuclear arms. |
| Posted by:Fred |