U.S. Says UN Data Show Iran Working Toward Building Bomb

Iran missed an opportunity last week to begin clearing up what can “only plausibly” be called a nuclear-bomb program, said Laura Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.

International Atomic Energy Agency information “can only plausibly be described as building blocks for a nuclear-weapons program,” Kennedy said today in remarks directed toward Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. “Just last week, Iran missed an opportunity to cooperate with the IAEA during the visit to Iran of the IAEA deputy director general for safeguards.”