AEOI Rejects IAEA Report

The Director of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi today said in Tehran that IAEA’s recent allegations of possible military dimensions to the country’s nuclear program are “lies” and are designed to “hamper Iran’s scientific and technological progress.” [IRNA, 13 June].

IAEA Director Yukiya Amano said in his repot last week to the agency’s governing board that new information received by the agency indicates that components of the Iranian program may be related to work on nuclear weapons. Iran maintains its program is only for civilian applications.