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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/world/middleeast/27iran.html
Nuclear Agency Accuses Iran of Willful Lack of Cooperation
[New York Times] Elaine Sciolino - The International Atomic Energy Agency, in an unusually blunt and detailed report, said Monday that Iran's suspected research into the development of nuclear weapons remained "a matter of serious concern" and that Iran continued to owe the agency "substantial explanations." The report accused the Iranians of a willful lack of cooperation, particularly in answering allegations that its nuclear program may be intended more for military use than for energy generation. "There are certain parts of their nuclear program where the military seems to have played a role," said one senior official close to the agency. "We want to understand why." The report also makes the allegation that Iran is learning to make more powerful centrifuges that are operating faster and more efficiently, the product of robust research and development that have not been fully disclosed to the agency.