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| Iran has agreed to clarify all outstanding questions over its past nuclear activities within a month, the UN nuclear watchdog has announced. | Iran has agreed to clarify all outstanding questions over its past nuclear activities within a month, the UN nuclear watchdog has announced. |
| The IAEA made the announcement after talks in Tehran held by the agency's head, Mohamed ElBaradei. | The IAEA made the announcement after talks in Tehran held by the agency's head, Mohamed ElBaradei. |
| An IAEA spokeswoman said Mr ElBaradei had also received information on Iran's "new generation of centrifuges". | An IAEA spokeswoman said Mr ElBaradei had also received information on Iran's "new generation of centrifuges". |
| Western countries fear Iran is refusing to suspend uranium enrichment because it wants to produce a nuclear weapon. | Western countries fear Iran is refusing to suspend uranium enrichment because it wants to produce a nuclear weapon. |
| Tehran denies this, insisting the programme is solely to generate electricity. | Tehran denies this, insisting the programme is solely to generate electricity. |
| Uranium quandary | Uranium quandary |
| The announcement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) came after Mohamed ElBaradei's two-day visit to Iran, during which he met top officials including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | The announcement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) came after Mohamed ElBaradei's two-day visit to Iran, during which he met top officials including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
| Iran insists its nuclear programme is only to provide energy | |
| He has been trying to resolve various issues about the history of Iran's nuclear programme. | He has been trying to resolve various issues about the history of Iran's nuclear programme. |
| But the BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran says that even if Iran does provide all the answers, this is not going to solve this crisis. | |
| The West is more concerned about Iran's current activities than the history, our correspondent says. | |
| The fear is that the uranium enrichment programme could be used to make a nuclear bomb and as US President George W Bush has stressed during his current tour of the region. | |
| In a speech in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, he said Iran was the "world's leading state sponsor of terrorism". | |
| Sanction push | |
| Mr ElBaradei will also be looking at how to monitor Iran's future nuclear activities. | Mr ElBaradei will also be looking at how to monitor Iran's future nuclear activities. |
| But so far he has made little progress in persuading Iran to stop the controversial process of enriching uranium. | |
| The US is currently pushing for a third round of UN sanctions against Iran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium, a process which can be used both to make atomic fuel and a bomb. | The US is currently pushing for a third round of UN sanctions against Iran over its refusal to stop enriching uranium, a process which can be used both to make atomic fuel and a bomb. |
| Washington has said it believes Iran is planning to build a nuclear bomb. | Washington has said it believes Iran is planning to build a nuclear bomb. |
| Its campaign for tougher sanctions lost some steam when a US intelligence report last month suggested Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons programme in 2003. | Its campaign for tougher sanctions lost some steam when a US intelligence report last month suggested Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons programme in 2003. |