White House: Iran Has One Last Chance To Comply With IAEA
September 25, 2003
Dow Jones Newswires
Alex Keto
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the discovery of traces of highly enriched uranium at a second nuclear site in Iran, the Bush administration said Thursday Iran has one last chance to comply with international demands to reveal its nuclear program.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the International Atomic Energy Agency has given Tehran until the end of October to talk about the extent of its nuclear program.
If Iran doesn't come clean on the issue, McClellan said, the U.S. is prepared to escalate the pressure on Tehran.
"This is one last chance for Iran to comply. And if it doesn't, then we believe it should be reported to the (U.N.) Security Council," McClellan said.
The IAEA said it found the traces of the weapons-grade material at the Kalay-e Electric Co., west of Tehran.
McClellan downplayed reports from Iran that it is considering pulling out of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, saying Tehran's position on this is unclear.
"I've seen different comments out of Iran," McClellan said.
"These are part of a long-standing pattern of evasion and deception to disguise the true nature and purpose of Iran's nuclear activities," McClellan said.
-By Alex Keto, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9256;
Alex.Keto@dowjones.com http://iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2003&m=09&d=25&a=11They think they can be cute with Pooty-Poot on their side.
That's likely being discussed at Camp David.
Perhaps Saddam's enriched uranium went east to Iran.
Iran is not dealing with Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Jimmy Carter, Hans Blix or Neville Chamberlain.
Let's strap parachutes on the White House press corps and embed some reporters at these sites--since they enjoy playing Body Count.