IAEA Demands Iran Stop Uranium Enrichment

 

By Marlene Smith

After a week of delicate negotiations¹, the International Atomic Energy Agency's ruling body has adopted a resolution calling for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities.
The head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, urged Iran to comply with the resolution.
"I am still of the view that, at this delicate stage of out investigations², it will be in the interest of Iran to do its utmost to create confidence and continue its suspension, going back to the full suspension of its fuel cycle activities, as requested by the board," he said.
The resolution also calls on Iran to give IAEA inspectors³ unrestricted access to sites, information and personnel in an effort to establish whether its nuclear program is purely⁴ peaceful as Tehran claims.
Iran says it is already fully⁵ cooperating with the IAEA, and inspectors can go where they like.
The resolution, which received unanimous approval from the agency's board of governors, puts off a decision on referring the matter to the U.N. Security Council, until the next board meeting in November.
Mr. ElBaradei said he will start work immediately on drawing up a report covering the whole Iran program.
"Whether we will be able to wrap up all the issues, this is an open question. It depends on cooperation we get from Iran on any new discoveries that might come to our attention, and on the cooperation of other countries that provided equipment and other items," he said. "All these are open questions."
The IAEA wants more information on the links between Iran and a global nuclear black market.
The United States and other countries believe that Iran is stalling, and say the extensive nature of experiments, components⁶ and nuclear sites in Iran all point to a weapons development program. Iran insists its nuclear program is strictly⁷ for generating electricity.
Iran kept its nuclear activities secret from the outside world for almost two decades, something that Washington says is suspicious for a supposedly civilian⁸ program.
Marlene Smith, for VOA News, Vienna.

注释：
IAEA  International Atomic Energy Agency 国际原子能组织
Uranium Enrichment 铀浓缩
suspend 延缓
comply with 照做
utmost 极限, 最大可能
unanimous 意见一致的, 无异议的
draw up 起草，拟定
wrap up 使全神贯注
black market 黑市
stall停止, 迟延
suspicious 可疑的, 怀疑的

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

3 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

7 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

8 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。