November 11, 2003	Tuesday	Ramazan 15, 1424

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VIENNA, Nov 10: The UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report on Monday that Iran had repeatedly failed to meet its nuclear obligations under a global treaty against nuclear proliferation, according to a Western diplomat.

“Based on all the information currently available to the (watchdog), it is clear that Iran has failed in a number of instances over an extended period of time to meet its obligations,” the IAEA said in the report. “They actually use the word ‘failure’ for the first time’, which is pretty significant,” the diplomat said of the report.

The diplomat read excerpts of the document to Reuters.

“Iran’s policy of concealment continued until last month, with cooperation being limited and reactive and information being slow in coming, changing and contradictory,” he quoted the report as saying.

“Following the adoption of the board’s resolution the government of Iran informed that Iran had now adopted a policy of full disclosure...Since that time Iran has show active cooperation and openness.”—Reuters