[Pen-l] from Juan Cole: IAEA Inspectors: Iran not Producing Weapons-grade Uranium

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Juan Cole <jricole@xxxxxxxxx>

As I mentioned yesterday, Iran is not producing weapon-grade uranium,
and could not easily do so without detection. The Hindu, which despite
its name is left of center (and which is one of India's finest
newspapers) writes:

' Iran has not converted the low-grade uranium that it has produced
into weapon-grade uranium, inspectors belonging to the International
Atomic Energy Agency have said.

The Austrian Press Agency quoted an IAEA expert as saying that the
uranium substances that Iran has produced at its Natanz enrichment
facility have been carefully recorded and remote cameras have been
installed to supervise part of the stockpile.

"If the Iranians intend to transport these uranium substances to a
secret location for further processing, agency's inspectors will find
out," he said.

The expert added that "so far, Iran has carried out good cooperation
with us in relevant verifications".

IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei has said that Iran has slowed down its
uranium enrichment programme.'

US newspapers are complaining that they are losing money and may not
survive. After they put all sorts of falsehoods about Iraq on their
front pages, it may be that they fatally wounded their credibility
with the US public. In any case, the above report does not show up
anywhere on the web or in Lexis that I can find, except here in The
Hindu, which tells me that someone is not doing their job.
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Posted By Juan Cole to Informed Comment at 2/22/2009 12:03:00 AM
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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