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ElBaradei says Qom facility illegal

This should probably be the last word on the question of whether Iran's Qom facility violates international law: IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei says it does.

"Iran was supposed to inform us on the day it was decided to construct the facility. They have not done that," he said. "They are saying that this was meant to be a back-up facility in case we were attacked and so they could not tell us earlier on.

"Nonetheless, they have been on the wrong side of the law, you know in so far as informing the agency about the construction and as you have seen it, it has created concern in the international community."

ElBaradei reiterates, though, that he doesn't think Iran has an active nuclear weapons program.

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