U.N. 'Strongly Deplores' Iran Nuclear Cover-Up

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20031126/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc

The United Nations (news - web sites) nuclear watchdog condemned Iran Wednesday over an 18-year cover-up of sensitive atomic research and said any future breach of nonproliferation obligations would not be tolerated.

The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency stopped short of reporting Iran to the Security Council, which could have imposed sanctions. However, some countries think Tehran has more secrets and will eventually face the U.N.'s supreme body.

The IAEA governing board adopted a resolution that "strongly deplores" Iran's cover-up over the past 18 years of a program that involves uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing -- both of which could be pointers to a nuclear arms program.

The resolution, which passed after more than a week of tough negotiations between its sponsors France, Germany and Britain, and Washington over how to balance encouragement and condemnation, also praises Iran's promises of "active cooperation and openness."

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this is f/u to previous thread on iran's nuclear weapons propram.