"The Confrontation With Iran Must Be Defused"

By Stuart Steers
Monday, June 11, 2007
Rocky Mountain News

UN Nuclear Chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said the 'brewing confrontation' with Iran over its nuclear fuel program 'must be defused'.

"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...

"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...