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ElBaradei: Don't confront Iran Stuart Steers
"I am increasingly disturbed by the current stalemate and the brewing confrontation -- a stalemate that urgently needs to be broken, and a confrontation that must be defused," ElBaradei told a meeting in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday. The IAEA's 35-nation board of governors began Monday a week-long meeting to discuss and decide on Iran's nuclear fuel work, AFP reported.
Iran says it is trying to generate electricity and the IAEA has not reported any deviation from peaceful purposes in Iran's nuclear activities. However, the United States claims Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons. Iran strongly rejects the allegations. "I continue to believe that dialogue and diplomacy are ultimately the only way to achieve the negotiated solution foreseen in the relevant Security Council resolutions. The earlier the conditions are created to move in this direction, the better," ElBaradei said. Under Washington's pressure, the UN Security Council has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Iran to get it to suspend uranium enrichment. Iran has refused to stop enrichment but said it is ready for negotiations with no such preconditions.
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UN Nuclear Chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said the 'brewing confrontation'
with Iran over its nuclear fuel program 'must be defused'. 
