Iran defies demands on nuclear drive: IAEA report

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

VIENNA (AFP) — Iran continues to defy UN demands to suspend uranium enrichment and has yet to disprove allegations that it was pursuing nuclear power for military use, the UN atomic watchdog said on Monday.

In a confidential new report on Tehran's controversial atomic drive, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) complained that Iran had made little real progress on one of the most important issues still outstanding, the so-called "alleged studies".

The studies allegedly carried out by Iran suggest it may have been trying to develop a nuclear warhead and also involve a process of uranium conversion, high explosives testing and a missile re-entry vehicle.

Iran has repeatedly dismissed reports that it conducted such...