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| UN mixed on Iran nuclear report | |
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| The UN nuclear watchdog has said Iran has provided it with information about its past nuclear activities as agreed under a work plan made in August. | The UN nuclear watchdog has said Iran has provided it with information about its past nuclear activities as agreed under a work plan made in August. |
| But in a new report, the IAEA said it was continuing to check the completeness of Iran's declaration. | But in a new report, the IAEA said it was continuing to check the completeness of Iran's declaration. |
| The IAEA also said Iran had also not suspended its uranium enrichment work as demanded by the UN Security Council and was operating 3,000 centrifuges. | The IAEA also said Iran had also not suspended its uranium enrichment work as demanded by the UN Security Council and was operating 3,000 centrifuges. |
| The report could help determine whether world powers impose new UN sanctions. | The report could help determine whether world powers impose new UN sanctions. |
| It will form the basis for deliberations when representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, along with Germany, meet on Monday in Brussels. | |
| On Tuesday, diplomats said Iran had given the IAEA a document containing design information that could be used for parts of a nuclear weapon. The IAEA had been asking Iran for the document since 2005. | |
| 'Reactive' co-operation | |
| The confidential report by IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei, a copy of which was obtained by the BBC, said Iran had made "substantial progress" in responding to questions about its past nuclear activities. | |
| "Iran has provided sufficient access to individuals and has responded in a timely manner to questions and provided clarifications and amplifications on issues raised in the context of the work plan," the report said. | |
| Iran says its nuclear programme is only for peaceful purposes | |
| It also said the answers Iran had given about the history of its centrifuge programme, the machines used to enrich uranium, were consistent with the IAEA's own findings. | |
| A senior UN official said this is a significant step forward. | |
| However, the report said Iran's co-operation with the IAEA had been "reactive" rather than "pro-active" and that the IAEA was continuing to check whether Iran's declarations were complete. | |
| The BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna says that while a number of questions about Iran's past nuclear work have been answered, the report says the IAEA's knowledge about Tehran's current nuclear programme is diminishing. | |
| It said Iran was still continuing its uranium enrichment work in defiance of the UN Security Council and had been operating 3,000 centrifuges at its plant at Natanz. | |
| Western powers are concerned because, while enriched uranium is used as fuel for nuclear reactors, highly enriched uranium can also be used to make nuclear bombs. | |
| Tehran has argued that it needs nuclear power and insists its intentions are entirely peaceful. |