IAEA FOUND NO SUSPICIOUS HARDWARE IN IRAN
RIA Novosti
VIENNA, March 2 (RIA Novosti, Borislav Pechnikov) - Inspection of Iranian nuclear installations produced no suspicious hardware.
"In early January 2005, IAEA inspectors visited five Iranian nuclear installations of their choosing, finding no suspicious equipment" suitable for military application, IAEA Deputy Director General Pierre Goldschmidt told the closed session of the agency's Council of Governors, with his statement published by IAEA's secretariat.
According to IAEA, inspections of Iranian nuclear installations should be viewed as "a trust-building measure on the part of Tehran."
"Iran does not have to agree to such inspections whatsoever, still IAEA asked the Iranian leadership for permission to further monitor its nuclear installations and programs," an IAEA source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
The official stressed that IAEA Director General Mohamed el-Baradei "have underlined that there have been no proof yet that Tehran violates the tenets of the Non-Proliferation Treaty."
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