Director of the IAEA Says There's No Proof of Nuclear Weapons in Iran

Anti-Iran rhetoric from the White House has intensified over the
past weeks. The Bush Administration has reconfirmed that they consider
Iran a state sponsor of terrorism. Last, week Vice President Dick
Cheney warned that if Iran did not change course, it should be prepared
for "serious consequences." The United States has also levied the most
comprehensive sanctions against the country in nearly 30 years. Many
political observers consider these actions by the US government a
prelude to a new war with Iran.

Leading up to the Iraq war, the Administration was worried about
weapons of mass destruction; in Iran, weapons are once again at issue –
this time nuclear. But just as the White House did not have proof that
Iraq possessed W-M-Ds, currently there is no proof that Iran has
nuclear weapons capability. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
maintains they are only seeking to develop nuclear energy.

Mohamed El Baradei, the Director General of the International Atomic
Energy Agency addressed the subject this weekend on CNN's Late Edition.
He acknowledged that in the past, Iran has procured nuclear material
and conducted experiments without reporting it. But Baradei says there
is no evidence to support a comprehensive nuclear program.

Baradei, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, went on to say that
the hard-line talk from the US is not helping the situation. He said by
controlling the "nascent enrichment capability of Iran," the
International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to create conditions that will
allow the U-S, Iran and the rest of the International community to come
to the negotiating table.