(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Another International Atomic Energy Agency report serves up more data on Iran's atomic progress. Ho-hum. So, barring an epiphany of seriousness by the so-called international community, one of these days Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will usher his regime into the world's club of nuclear states. What's most striking in the report is Iran's escalating war against the UN watchdog itself. Tehran is closing the blinds even on its declared, supposedly peaceful, civilian sites. The IAEA says it "is concerned that the repeated objection to the designation of experienced inspectors hampers the inspection process and detracts from the agency's ability to implement safeguards in Iran." As Iran now pulls a longer shroud over its nuclear work, how can anyone not consider anything Iran does in the nuclear field a significant proliferation threat? That includes the nuclear power plant in Bushehr. The nuclear fuel comes from Russia and by contract the spent rods will be sent back there. But already Iran has asked to manage the handling of the fuel jointly with Russia. Little stands in its way to one day reprocess it into weapons-grade plutonium.
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