President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have certainly not been good bedfellows, and Ahmadinejad's latest claim further expands the rift between Iran and the rest of the world in regards to its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad has claimed that the IAEA will run to the US with the full details of its nuclear program, and would worsen tensions between the agency and Iran. Although the Iranian program is officially for peaceful uses such as power, the firebrand rhetoric of Ahmadinejad has indeed raised concern in the West as to the true usage of the nuclear program. IAEA chief Yukiya Amano addressed the UN earlier this week, stating that "Iran has not provided the necessary cooperation to permit the agency to confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities." The IAEA is demanding inspections to go beyond sites that have been officially declared in an effort to discover any development that may lead to nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad said "Iran's right to nuclear capabilities was non-negotiable," which is a major concern for the IAEA, Israel, and the International Community as a whole.
-Caleb B. Ray
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