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Iran and the Inspectors


[New York Times] Editorial - The latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency is a grim reminder that Tehran is pressing ahead with its nuclear program, and the U.S. and its allies don't have a strategy for containing it. The report says that Iran continues to defy the UN Security Council by enriching uranium - usable for reactors, or with a little more work, a weapon - and is building ever-more-powerful centrifuges. It also expresses serious concerns about evidence that Iran is working on programs with clear military applications: developing high-voltage detonators, underground testing and redesigning the Shahab-3 missile, possibly to accommodate a nuclear warhead. And why, as the report asks, is Iran's military involved in "procurement activities" for the program if it is intended only for nuclear power?
2008-05-29 01:00:00
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