Safeguards Reports Circulated to IAEA Board for June Meetings
Staff Report
5 June 2009
IAEA Board of Governors
...IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has circulated his latest report on nuclear safeguards in Iran to the Agency´s Board of Governors, the 35-member policymaking body, in advance of their meetings this month. The report outlines developments since the Director General´s report of 19 February 2009....
The IAEA Board of Governors will discuss the report when it next convenes in Vienna on 15 June. The report is entitled Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Also circulated to the Board was the Director General´s latest report entitled Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic, a topic also before the Board in June.
Circulation of the reports is restricted; they cannot be released to the public unless the IAEA Board decides otherwise.
June 7, 2009
Tehran Times Political Desk
IAEA reaffirms non-diversion in Iran’s nuclear program
TEHRAN - In its latest report released on Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reconfirmed that there has been no diversion of Iran’s nuclear material.
The report, a copy of which was obtained by the Tehran Times, also stated that Iran’s enrichment activities at the Natanz facility “remain under agency containment and surveillance.”
"..and will continue its cooperation with the IAEA. ..."
* Posted on Friday, June 5, 2009
UN: Iran expands uranium efforts, is blocking monitoring
By Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
Date: 19 February 2009 IAEA board of Governors report
"9. Iran’s refusal to grant the Agency access to IR-40 could adversely impact the Agency’s ability to carry out effective safeguards at that facility, and has made it difficult for the Agency to report further on the construction of the reactor, as requested by the Security Council. In addition to the roofing having already been completed for the other buildings on the site, construction of the reactor building’s domed containment structure has also been completed, as observed in images taken on 30 December 2008, rendering impossible the continued use of satellite imagery to monitor further construction inside the reactor building or any of the other buildings."
Former Ambassador Indyk Tells Israelis Some Unpleasant Truths
By M.J. Rosenberg - May 28, 2009, 11:34AM
...On attacking Iran: "An Israeli attack on Iran will postpone the project for two, three years. No more."...
Commentators in Israeli papers interpreted US President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world
Commentary: Editorials on President Obama's speech in Cairo
Compiled by McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Friday, June 5:
Lebanon Election Results: Pro-Western Majority Declares Victory
Huffpost - Lebanon Election Results: Pro-Western Majority Declares Victory
SAM F. GHATTAS | June 7, 2009 07:51 PM EST
OTV, the television station of one of Hezbollah's key Christian allies, former army chief Michel Aoun, conceded that the party's candidates who challenged pro-Western competitors in several Christian districts had been defeated, preventing a victory for the Hezbollah coalition. But Aoun was able to hang on to his representation in other districts.
