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US urges nuclear watchdog to enforce demands for Iran

The United States on Friday urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enforce its demands for Iran to prove it is not developing nuclear weapons.

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The United States on Friday urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enforce its demands for Iran to prove it is not developing nuclear weapons.

"Iran needs to come clean and fully comply with its international obligations... That is our position and that remainsour position," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters after the Oct. 31 deadline passed for Tehran to meet IAEA demands.

Echoing the position of the White House, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher stressed that the IAEA must ensure that all its demands have been met by Tehran when the international nuclear watchdog's governing board is scheduled to meet on Nov. 20-21 in Vienna.

Boucher called on board members not to come to any conclusion on whether Iran has complied with IAEA demands until they hear a report by IAEA Director-General Mohamed Elbaradei.

"We expect that all will withhold their judgment whether Iran fully meets the board's requirements until they see the director-general's report, including ourselves," the spokesman said.

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