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Israel sceptical of U.S.-led push for
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says Tehran is merely buying time with IAEA investigation *
Iran says its aims are peaceful By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, June 5 (Reuters) -
Israel has condemned as unacceptably slow Iran's cooperation with a U.N. watchdog inquiry into suspected atomic bomb research and accused Tehran of providing "false" explanations for its disputed activities. At a weekly board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Director General Yukiya Ama** said
Iran had finally begun to engage with an investigation into allegations that it has worked on designing a
nuclear warhead. Western envoys to the IAEA cautiously welcomed the development, calling for Tehran to pick up the pace of its cooperation, but Israel's ambassador suggested
Iran was just trying to buy time while pressing on with its
nuclear work.
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