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No Confirmation Yet Of Enriched Uranium In Iran

April 13, 2006 - The head of the UN nuclear agency says he can't yet confirm if Iran has enriched uranium to levels used to fuel nuclear power stations.

Mohammed El-Baradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke in Tehran today. He said UN inspectors have taken nuclear samples, will examine them, and are to report their findings to the IAEA.

"The issue of [uranium] enrichment right now, as emotional as it is, is not urgent," he said. "So, we have ample time to negotiate a settlement by which, as I said, Iran's need for nuclear power is assured and the concern of the international community is also put to rest."

In Tehran, El-Baradei held talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program. He met with the country's Atomic Energy Organization chief, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani.

Iran announced this week that its scientists have enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel despite international opposition.

Larijani said Tehran will reply within two weeks to the IAEA demand that it suspend uranium enrichment.

(Reuters, dpa)

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