Report: Iran Pressed IAEA Chief on Leaks, Assassinations
Agency's Leaks Helped Israel Kill Scientists, Iran Warned
Though the negotiation side of IAEA chief Amano Yukiya’s visit to Tehran was apparently upbeat, reports suggest that there were some uncomfortable moments related to the IAEA’s tendency to leak supposedly confidential data.
One report, from Israel’s Channel 2, said Iran confronted Amano directly about the leaks and said they believed that the data from the leaks had been used by Israel to identify and assassinate top nuclear scientists in the nation.
Assassinations have been a major concern for Iran, which has complained to the United Nations on a number of occasions. So far, the UN has simply shrugged off the US and Israeli assassinations.
In public statements, Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili praised the IAEA for the job it was doing, in particular crediting the agency for its rejection of US allegations against neighboring Iraq, leading up to the 2003 US invasion.
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Nathan
May 21st, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Take a good look at him. He looks like the one that puportedly came from space to Area 51 (or was it 21? or 91?) in Nevad. No wonder he's in the pocket of Uncle Sam. Another slave.
Praising this guy is as much approriate as giving Obam the peace prize.
RickR30
May 21st, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Good.
Roger Lafontaine
May 22nd, 2012 at 1:27 am
If the shoe fits… and it appears that the murders of the scientists fit the IAEA foot, then Amano is complicit in their murders. Amano has turned the IAEA into a sub-agency of the CIA-Mossad murder inc. There should be an inquest into this man's hidden connections.