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Here you have it directly from the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, on what he thinks should be done about Iran. After all these years watching Iran's sprint towards the acquisition of nuclear weapons, the most he can summon up is "after three years of intensive verification, there remain uncertainties with regard to both the scope and the nature of Iran's nuclear programme. As I mentioned in my report, this is a matter of concern that continues to give rise to questions about the past and current direction of Iran's nuclear programme.For confidence to be built in the peaceful nature of Iran's programme, Iran should do its utmost to provide maximum transparency and build confidence. Only through clarification of all questions relevant to Iran's past programme and through confidence building measures can confidence about Iran's current nuclear activities be restored." So the only real question that remains is, why is the Bush administration wasting another 5 minutes on the IAEA? (And for the history books, why did they agree to ElBaradei's reappointment last June?)