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Delegates talking before meeting opens2. IAEA  (International Atomic Energy Agency) chairperson Taous Feroukhi and Yukiya Amano of Japan talking3. Iranian chief delegate Ali Ashgar Soltanieh talking before meeting4. IAEA Director...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Delegates talking before meeting opens\u003cbr/\u003e2. IAEA  (International Atomic Energy Agency) chairperson Taous Feroukhi and Yukiya Amano of Japan talking\u003cbr/\u003e3. Iranian chief delegate Ali Ashgar Soltanieh talking before meeting\u003cbr/\u003e4. IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei talking to delegate\u003cbr/\u003e5. Cameramen taking pictures of ElBaradei\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General :\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Agency has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran. Regrettably however Iran has not implemented any of the measures called for by the Security Council and by the Agency's Board of Governors. And there has been no movement by Iran on outstanding issues which need to be clarified to exclude the possibility of military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme. As I mentioned repeatedly, without implementation by Iran of the additional protocol and the required safeguard measures, as well as the clarification of outstanding issues, the Agency will not be able to provide assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear activities in Iran. I am encouraged, nonetheless, by the new initiative of the United States to engage the Islamic Republic of Iran in a direct dialogue, without preconditions and on the basis of mutual respect.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Delegates listening\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General :\u003cbr/\u003e\"I hope that Iran will respond to the US initiative with an equal gesture of goodwill and trust-building. This could include implementing again the Agency's design information requirements and applying the provisions of the additional protocol. It is my hope that the dialogue will begin as soon as possible, perhaps with a \"freeze-for-freeze\" as a prelude.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of meeting, pan to speakers\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General :\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am greatly concerned at subsequent news of a second nuclear test by the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea - North Korea) last month. I deeply regret this, particularly at a time when the prospects for progress on nuclear disarmament are far better than they have been at any time in the recent past. This is a wrong step in the wrong direction which has again created an environment of confrontation. I call on all parties to continue to work for a comprehensive solution through diplomatic means, the only means available, that would bring the DPRK back to the NPT (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty) and address its security concerns, humanitarian needs and other political and economic requirements.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of delegates listening\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General :\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Agency has continued to investigate allegations concerning the destroyed building on the Dair Alzour site in Syria. Regrettably, the limited information and access provided by Syria to date have not enabled the Agency to determine the nature of the destroyed facility, nor made it possible for us to corroborate Syria's assertions, in that regard. In addition to the particles of anthropogenic natural uranium i.e. produced as a result of chemical processing found in environmental samples taken from the Dair Alzour site, anthropogenic natural uranium particles were also found in samples taken in 2008 from the hot cells of the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor facility in Damascus. This obviously could have different reasons but the Agency needs to understand the presence and origin of the uranium particles found at both sites, which are of a type not included in Syria's declared inventory of nuclear material.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Pull out to wide of meeting\u003cbr/\u003eThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday told North Korea to end its course of nuclear confrontation. \u003cbr/\u003eMohamed ElBaradei also urged Iran to agree to Washington's offer of direct dialogue and called on Syria to cooperate with his agency's investigation.\u003cbr/\u003eElBaradei's comments at the opening session of the United Nations agency's 35-nation board meeting dovetailed with world concerns about North Korea and Iran.\u003cbr/\u003eBeyond the immediate concerns of serious street unrest in Tehran, the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has clouded hopes that Tehran may be ready to end its nuclear defiance and meet UN Security Council demands that it curb its uranium enrichment.\u003cbr/\u003eIran has been referred to the Security Council on suspicions of hiding nuclear activities and fears it could retool its enrichment programme from making material for nuclear power into weapons-grade uranium used for warheads.\u003cbr/\u003eAli Ashgar Soltanieh, Iran's chief delegate to the IAEA, again rejected any such goals, telling The Associated Press on Monday that any assertions that Iran was trying to develop weapons capacity under the cover of a peaceful nuclear programme were nothing more than \"politically motivated gestures by some countries.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSyria also denies any hidden nuclear agenda but it, too, is under IAEA investigation. \u003cbr/\u003eThe US claims Damascus has been hiding a nuclear programme that came to light in September 2007 after Israeli warplanes destroyed what Washington says was its centrepiece, a nearly finished reactor built with North Korean help.\u003cbr/\u003eIAEA attempts to investigate the allegations against Iran and Syria have also been deadlocked. \u003cbr/\u003eFor over a year, both nations have rebuffed agency requests for visits and information meant to help prove or disprove the allegations against them, effectively deadlocking the two investigations.\u003cbr/\u003eElBaradei spoke of the impasse in his opening comments.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There has been no movement by Iran on outstanding issues which need to be clarified to exclude the possibility of military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme,\" he said, alluding to US and other intelligence shared with the agency that suggests Tehran had developed plans for elements of a weapons programme. \u003cbr/\u003eNoting newfound American willingness to talk directly to the Islamic Republic on nuclear and other issues of contention, ElBaradei urged Tehran to \"respond to the US initiative with an equal gesture of goodwill and trust-building.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOn Syria, ElBaradei criticised the limited information and access provided by Damascus, noting that the IAEA investigation was unable to make progress as a result.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd he expressed concern over North Korea's second nuclear test. \u003cbr/\u003e\"This,\" said ElBaradei, \"is a wrong step in the wrong 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