Thursday 27 August 2009

US official: "... Iran facing difficulty in acquiring uranium yellowcake ..."

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In the WSJ, here

"... Washington and other Western powers are pressing Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, to include in the report a detailed summary of Tehran's alleged efforts to weaponize its nuclear technologies, said these diplomats....

U.S. and other Western officials view the information as potentially crucial to the Obama administration ..... however, they remain doubtful Mr. ElBaradei will include the summary Western countries want ......

The Iranian government has been sending mixed signals in recent weeks on its willingness to engage on the nuclear issue. Still, U.S. and European diplomats said Tehran has repeatedly made conciliatory noises only to accelerate its production of nuclear fuel. "We've offered unconditional talks to the Iranians and they're still not at the table," said the U.S. official. "We shouldn't read too much into Tehran's signaling at this stage."

...Some diplomats tracking the IAEA said they aren't certain the new report will detail significant advances. Some said they expect the report could indicate a slowing of fuel production due to technical glitches. "

Posted by G, Z, & or B at 7:23 PM

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