July 6, 2003	Sunday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 5,1424

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ROME, July 5: Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the UN’s nuclear agency, said on Saturday Iran should sign up to new treaty obligations allowing tougher inspections to make its nuclear programme more transparent.

If Iran accepted greater transparency, then international restrictions on nuclear technology could be gradually lifted, “but to create confidence it takes time”, he said in an interview as he arrived in Rome.—Reuters