| SLUG: 2-310122 Iran/Nuclear (L) | DATE: | NOTE NUMBER: |
DATE=11/22/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAN/NUCLEAR (L-O) NUMBER=2-310122 BYLINE=MELANIE SULLY DATELINE=VIENNA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The International Atomic Energy Agency is seeking agreement on a resolution concerning Iran's nuclear program. Melanie Sully reports from the I-A-E-A in Vienna. TEXT: The I-A-E-A Board of Governors meets next week, hoping to break a deadlock on how far to go in censuring Iran. The United States says Iran only admitted to a sophisticated uranium enrichment program, after the program was discovered. The U-S ambassador to the I-A-E-A, Kenneth Brill, accused Iran of deliberate deceit. He said Iran's production of plutonium had only one purpose - to build nuclear weapons. The United States wants the board to declare Iran in non-compliance with international obligations, and wants a report to go the U-N Security Council. If this happens, Iran has hinted it could review its recent co-operation with the I-A-E-A. The Iranian envoy to the atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, told reporters, Tehran has already reached an understanding with Britain, France and Germany. /// SALEHI ACT /// Our co-operation with the Europeans, it embodies all the elements together of both the additional protocol and the enhancement of our co-operation with the agency (I-A-E-A) and the voluntary suspension of the enrichment program. They all go together, so it's a package. /// END ACT /// However, western diplomats say, not all European countries are happy with the way they say Britain, France and Germany presume to set foreign policy for the 15-nation European Union. The I-A-E-A board reconvenes Wednesday in Vienna. (SIGNED) NEB/MS/DW/TW |
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