Confusion At The IAEA On Iran Being Near The Production Of A Nuclear Bomb

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei attends a board of governors meeting in Vienna June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer

IAEA Denies Report It Is Sure Iran Seeking Atom Bomb -- Yahoo News/AP

VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday it had no proof that Iran has or once had a covert atomic bomb program, dismissing a news report that it had concluded Iran was on its way to producing nuclear weapons.

In a statement, the International Atomic Energy Agency reaffirmed IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei's September 9 warning that allegations the agency was sitting on undeniable evidence of Iranian bomb work were "politically motivated and baseless."

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Previous News Report: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb -- AP

My Comment: The men and women who wrote up the report on Iran's nuclear program are saying that Iran is near the ability to build a nuclear weapon. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei is saying the opposite.

Who to believe?

Either way .... this undermines the credibility of the IAEA.

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