Nuclear agency censures Iran

[ConcernedCanuk]

. . VIENNA, Austria—The U.N. atomic agency has censured Iran for 18 years of secrecy, issuing a resolution yesterday that its director said gives him more muscle in policing the country for evidence of nuclear weapons ambitions.

Warning Tehran to stay in line, Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said the measure sends an "ominous message that failures in the future will not be tolerated."

"This is a good day for peace ... and non-proliferation," ElBaradei said, adding the resolution "strengthens my hand in ensuring that Iran's program is for peaceful purposes."

The resolution, adopted by consensus by the 35-nation IAEA board of governors, did not confront Iran with a direct threat of U.N. sanctions as the United States had initially sought."



Hmm - Junior and Cohorts won't like that -aww geee -