Two sides. (International Atomic Energy Agency reports that Iraq has fully declared its 'clandestine nuclear programme')(Politics This Week)(includes additional international political news)(Brief Article)

Economist (US), The, April, 1998

The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iraq had "satisfactorily completed its undertaking to produce a consolidated version of its full, final and complete declaration of its clandestine nuclear programme." However, a report by non-nuclear weapons inspectors sounded a warning note about Iraq's compliance on the inspection of "presidential" sites.

A report by a former Dutch foreign minister, Max van der Stoel, to the UN Human Rights Commission describes Iraq's regime of terror and estimates that it has executed 1,500 people in the past year, mainly in a "prison-cleansing" campaign.

Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi, Tehran's reforming mayor, was released on bail. His arrest by conservatives on corruption charges had caused widespread unrest. ...

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