Iran's Last Chance

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Iran's Last Chance

September 10, 2003 The Wall Street Journal Review and Outlook

Iran's chief delegate to the International Atomic Energy Association cautioned Monday that putting too much pressure on Iran could backfire, saying if board members asked too much of Tehran there could be "unexpected, surprising consequences." There's a word for this: chutzpah.

A recent confidential report on Iran to the IAEA's board noted the traces of highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium that were found at the Natanz Iranian nuclear facility. It also noted that Iran was conducting tests that make no sense unless the country was pursuing nuclear weapons. Then there were the discrepancies between past Iranian statements on the nature of its nuclear power program and IAEA findings.

"The U.S. believes the facts already established would fully justify an immediate finding of noncompliance by Iran," said Kenneth Brill, chief U.S. delegate to the IAEA yesterday in an address to the organization's board. Still, he added, Americans were prepared to give Iran "a last chance to drop its evasions" before calling for U.N. Security Council involvement.

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[Indrid Cold]

Uh-huh. Bush has got himself a real tarbaby with the Iraq situation, and Afghanistan is getting less pacified by the day. I don't think he'll be waltzing into Iran anytime soon, and I'm sure the Iranians know it.