Iran rejects nuclear weapons suspicions as fabricated

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May 29, 2008, 14:31 GMT

Vienna - Iran on Thursday refuted all evidence of a possible military dimension of its nuclear programme as US fabrications. Tehran's representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said documents presented by the UN nuclear watchdog were fakes. In a briefing for the IAEA's 35 board member states, chief inspector Olli Heinonen laid out intelligence the IAEA received from about 10 member states, diplomats present at the meeting said. The weaponization studies regarding uranium conversion, high explosives testing and design of a missile re-entry vehicle remained a 'matter of serious concern,' IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said in a confidential report forwarded to the UN Security Council on Monday. 'Substantive' information was needed from Iran to verify its claims that there was no military dimension to its nuclear programme, ElBaradei said, while Iran claims it 'left no question unanswered.' Iran refuted the intelligence, pointing out discrepancies in details of names of involved officials, dates and procedural inconsistencies. 'Whatever is shown in the papers, films and drawings is fabrications ... It has many inconsistencies. In fact, the CIA has done a lousy job. They could at least have prepared something that could fly,' Soltanieh told journalists. IAEA inspectors were regarding the information as quite credible, giving the range of sources, content and timeframe of the documents, a senior UN official said. 'As today's briefing showed us there is strong reason to suspect that Iran was working covertly and deceitfully at least until recently to build a bomb,' US Ambassador Gregory Schulte told journalists after the briefing. The US National Intelligence Estimate, released in December, said the US had reason to believe Iran had been working on a covert weapons programme until mid-2003. Soltanieh told reporters a laptop with information on the alleged weaponization studies contained false evidence planted by the United States. Seals for classifying the allegedly top secret documents were missing on the intelligence shown by the IAEA, he added. 'How can you have some sort of a Manhattan project that has no seal of confidentiality?' he asked.

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SP4: Iranian TVMay 29th, 2008 - 17:50:49

'...eeen ooother neeewsss, theee world essss flattt!'

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they will be destroyedMay 30th, 2008 - 01:03:32

Under the orders of the powerful US President Bush, all Iranian nuclear facilities will be destroyed by US forces.

This attack will come very soon after the November elections.

Boom! ... KaBoom!

Etc!

The evil, falsely pious clerics of Tehran will lose their nuclear pretentions and then they will lose their regime.

Falsely pious clerics hear this: You have angered Allah and His will is that your necks will soon be inside a hangman's noose.

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GooseMay 30th, 2008 - 04:23:35

Its time to see a new sun above Tehran..

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GazzaMay 30th, 2008 - 07:44:36

Another blantant case of Amerikan lies and bulldust. I support Iran in this instance. They need to tell the Bush zio-con swine to go rot in hell. For they surely will if there is any justice in tis world.

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they will 'NOT' be destroyedMay 30th, 2008 - 12:14:55

@they will be destroyed

'powerful'....i think that guy is a liar and a 'LAME DUCK' !

whoa !! does the US even have the locations of 'all' the nuclear facilities in Iran.

So who will make the call for the UNPROVOKED 'attack'...ur lame duck bush or the upcoming loony ??

sad ! do u watch too many cartoons ??

???

All hail the Nostradamus...lol !!

u speak as if u 'know' Allah's will and He has directly conveyed this to u..now, where have I heard of such connection to God..hmm....yes !!
This imposter is George Bush !!
Hey bush !! wake up from ur sleep...it's too late in the day to be 'dreaming'

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Mohaound MoumoundMay 30th, 2008 - 17:02:24

Stinking Bush go get my donkey and my camel you eat dust like above man say. Me not like bad bush. Bush go away take donkey camel and leave nukey bombs for me. No can bomby me I go hide in cellar - will show you you son of a smelly fish monger.

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Mohaound MoumoundMay 30th, 2008 - 17:03:56

pes, prayes bee too ALLAH.

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