IAEA: Iran May Be Hiding More Facilities

The Jerusalem Post reports that the "International Atomic Energy Agency has raised concern about possible further secret nuclear sites in Iran, beyond the enrichment site at Qom that was revealed nearly two months ago, Reuters reported, quoting an IAEA report the news agency obtained Monday. According to the document, Iran told the IAEA it had begun building the site at Qom, called Fordo, in 2007 - but the IAEA, the United Nations' global nuclear proliferation watchdog, had evidence the project had begun in 2002, paused in 2004 and resumed in 2006. The report said Iran had provided full access to IAEA inspectors on their first visit to the Qom site three weeks ago, but had yet to provide full, credible answers to verify that the plant was only for civilian purposes. 'The agency has indicated [to Iran] that its declaration of the new facility reduces the level of confidence in the absence of other nuclear facilities under construction and gives rise to questions about whether there were any other nuclear facilities not declared to the agency. Moreover, Iran's delay in submitting such information to the agency does not contribute to the building of confidence,' The report states. The IAEA also said Teheran had yet to give answers about the site's chronology and purpose. The report also said that Iranian technicians have moved highly sophisticated technical equipment into the previously secret uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011." Tweet