Saturday morning roundup
Iranian officials said today that the latest report on their nuclear program, released yesterday by the IAEA, "confirmed" that the program is peaceful.
"The report emphasized ... that Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful," said Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the IAEA. "It shows Iran has continued its cooperation with the agency ... but at the same time will not accept any political pressure to take measures beyond its legal commitments," he said.
Our analysis of the reports took a more skeptical view. The report concluded that Iran has slowed its uranium enrichment, and gave IAEA inspectors access to the Arak heavy water reactor. But it said Iran still refused to answer questions about the possible military applications of its nuclear technology.
The IAEA report will be used in September negotiations about possible economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
Other headlines
The Pakistani military says it destroyed a Taliban suicide bomber training camp in the Swat valley last night. Six Taliban militants were killed in the helicopter gunship attack.
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province attacked a convoy of NATO troops, killing two civilians and wounding at least 21 other people.
38 people were killed in southern Sudan by fighting between two tribes. Gunmen also kidnapped two Sudanese staff members of the U.N.-African Union mission in the region.
A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Sdot Negev region of Israel last night. It caused no injuries. The rocket was fired a day after U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon called on Hamas and Fatah to restart peace talks with Israel.
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Tags: African Union, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Ban Ki-moon, Hamas, IAEA, Qassam rockets, South Sudan, suicide bombers, Taliban, United Nations
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