Word: iaea
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...cannot be trusted to develop nuclear technology that can easily be converted to military use. The nation hid development of a gas centrifuge cascade that could be used to make weapons-grade uranium and development of a nuclear reactor capable of producing plutonium from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for several years...
...trade and technology incentives in exchange for abandoning uranium-enrichment work, it resumed uranium conversion, the crucial first step before enrichment. And just a few days ago, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator threatened that it would resume full-scale uranium enrichment if Iran was referred by the IAEA to the Security Council...
Unfortunately, Russia and China have threatened to vote “no” if France, Britain, and Germany bring referral to the Security Council to an IAEA vote. Russia and China’s positions, however, are highly suspect: Russia signed a multimillion dollar deal earlier this year to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, and Iran is China’s second largest supplier...
...Rice and her lieutenants lobbied hard to gain the support of Russia, China and India at the IAEA for a European resolution referring Iran to the Security Council to be considered by the IAEA board this week. But China, Russia and a number of developing nations on the IAEA board are inclined to give Iran more time to comply with its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty...
...production of weapons-grade material, in exchange for economic and political concessions. But that deal has broken down as the Iranians defiantly insist on their right to engage in all activities permitted by the NPT, which why the U.S. and Europe are now pressing for action by the IAEA...