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Neither the prior discriminations against Iran can be papered over, nor should the UN Security Council or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) view the past shortcomings of Iran's obligations to reportits nuclear activities in a vacuum of due consideration of those discriminations.
is a time consuming process'i'" and, per the Addendum to the 2005 IAEA Safeguard ©Institute for Political and International Studies Iran, Nuclear Challenges 13 Implementation Report, released in June, 2006, there are 45 other countries in the same category as Iran, including I 4 European countries.
Thatreport has irked the IAEA, which has officially communicated to the US Congress, calling the report "outrageous and dishonest," containing "incorrect and misleading assertions," and has offered evidence to refute its central ©Institute for Political and International Studies 16 THE IRANIAN JOURNAL OF IN:fERNATIONAL AFFAIRS claims, drawn in part from "incriminating" pseudo-intelligence allegedly contained in an Iranian computer laptop:27 Unfortunately, the IAEA's strong rebuttal fell on deaf ears and the relevant US lawmakers have not bothered themselves with other contrary information, such as by the US Government, which has confirmed that Iran does indeed need alternative energy sources other than the depleting non-renewable oil, or by the respected nuclear scientist, David Albright, who has questioned a New York Times story about the above-said laptop as containing "serious and deep flaws.
On the other hand, unlike Iraq under the Baathist regime, Iran harbors no ill intentions toward any of its neighbors, does not feel threatened ©nstitute for Political and International Studies 18 THE IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS by the regional powers, and has not invaded any country for the past 250 years.