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May 27, 2008 FOX Report With Shepard Smith (FNC), 7:00 PM
SHEPARD SMITH: As the candidates battle over nukes, Iran may be secretly studying how to build an atomic bomb. That's the warning now, not from the United States, but from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.
Iran denies it all, but the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, says the Iranians are holding back important information about high explosives, testing related to their nuclear program. Jen Griffin with a scoop on this now. Jen?
JENNIFER GRIFFIN: Well Shep, this is the strongest language that the IAEA has ever used to describe Iran's nuclear ambitions. And there have been dozens of reports since 2003. This report, just handed to the U.N. Security Council, represents the U.N. agency's mounting frustration with Iran's attempts to stonewall and not answer basic questions about whether it has tried to make nuclear weapons. The U.N. watchdog is finally demanding explanations. Did it build an underground test site? The report alleges Iran drew up blueprints for refitting missiles to allow them to carry nuclear warheads and possess diagrams showing how to mold uranium metal into the shape of a warhead.
DAVID ALBRIGHT, FORMER IAEA INSPECTOR: The evidence of the IAEA is pretty good that something was going on with respect to developing a nuclear weapon.
GRIFFIN: Even though a recent U.S. intelligence report says Iran stopped its plan to build a nuclear weapon in 2003-2004, shortly after the U.S. invaded Iraq. Today, the new Iranian parliament met for the first time, composed of a block critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's head-on confrontation with the West over the country's nuclear program. Ahmadinejad remained defiant.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD [translated]: I have no doubt that this parliament will strongly stand up to the greedy enemies and strongly defend the legitimate rights of the Iranian nation.
GRIFFIN: Iran denies that its nuclear program is anything but peaceful. This new IAEA report, however, Shep, questions all of that.
SMITH: Jennifer Griffin live at the Pentagon.
May 27, 2008 FOX Report With Shepard Smith (FNC), 7:00 PM
SHEPARD SMITH: As the candidates battle over nukes, Iran may be secretly studying how to build an atomic bomb. That's the warning now, not from the United States, but from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.
Iran denies it all, but the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, says the Iranians are holding back important information about high explosives, testing related to their nuclear program. Jen Griffin with a scoop on this now. Jen?
JENNIFER GRIFFIN: Well Shep, this is the strongest language that the IAEA has ever used to describe Iran's nuclear ambitions. And there have been dozens of reports since 2003. This report, just handed to the U.N. Security Council, represents the U.N. agency's mounting frustration with Iran's attempts to stonewall and not answer basic questions about whether it has tried to make nuclear weapons. The U.N. watchdog is finally demanding explanations. Did it build an underground test site? The report alleges Iran drew up blueprints for refitting missiles to allow them to carry nuclear warheads and possess diagrams showing how to mold uranium metal into the shape of a warhead.
DAVID ALBRIGHT, FORMER IAEA INSPECTOR: The evidence of the IAEA is pretty good that something was going on with respect to developing a nuclear weapon.
GRIFFIN: Even though a recent U.S. intelligence report says Iran stopped its plan to build a nuclear weapon in 2003-2004, shortly after the U.S. invaded Iraq. Today, the new Iranian parliament met for the first time, composed of a block critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's head-on confrontation with the West over the country's nuclear program. Ahmadinejad remained defiant.
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD [translated]: I have no doubt that this parliament will strongly stand up to the greedy enemies and strongly defend the legitimate rights of the Iranian nation.
GRIFFIN: Iran denies that its nuclear program is anything but peaceful. This new IAEA report, however, Shep, questions all of that.
SMITH: Jennifer Griffin live at the Pentagon.