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Iran begins suspending uranium enrichment program: IAEA

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Nov 22, Kyodo/OANA/IRNA -- International Atomic Energy Agency 
inspectors verified Monday that Iran has begun suspending activities 
related to a uranium enrichment program in line with an accord with 
Britain, France and Germany to fully stop the activities, IAEA 
Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said. 
As Iran has kept its promise, the UN nuclear watchdog is now 
certain not to decide at a governing board meeting beginning Thursday 
to refer the Iranian nuclear issue to the UN Security Council for 
possible economic sanctions. 
Work is under way in Iran to suspend all related activities in 
Iran, ElBaradei told reporters at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna. 
The suspension work is expected to take at least several days, an 
IAEA official said. After verifying a full suspension, IAEA inspectors
will seal related facilities and materials, the official said. 
Experts from Iran and Europe reached a provisional agreement on 
the Iranian nuclear issue during two days of talks in Paris on Nov. 
5-6. A formal agreement was reached after the two sides ironed out 
differences on the scope of the nuclear freeze and on how long the 
freeze would last. 
In the enrichment process, uranium material can be produced for 
use either for energy generation or for making atomic bombs. Iran has 
maintained that its nuclear program is entirely for peaceful purposes.
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