THE UN atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programmes, diplomats said yesterday.

The UN atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said today.

THE UN atomic watchdog agency yesterday gave its support to Iran’s agreement to suspend all uranium enrichment activities, the key element of a deal with European countries aimed at ensuring Iran does not develop nuclear weapons.

Demands from the UN atomic watchdog agency that Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment – technology that can be used for nuclear weapons - were “illegal,” the country insisted today.

Iran has announced plans to turn tons of uranium into the substance used to make enriched uranium, the UN atomic watchdog agency said today in a report stoking concern about Tehran’s nuclear agenda.

The head of the UN atomic watchdog agency told Iran today to stop dragging its feet and urged “full cooperation” with an investigation into its nuclear activities.

US President George Bush stood just miles from the scene of last year’s deadly nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, and praised the world’s most populous Muslim nation for battling back against terrorism.

Ahead of a key trip to Teheran by the chief of the UN atomic watchdog agency, an Iranian opposition group said it had evidence of a new secret site used by Teheran to test equipment for a nuclear weapons programme.

The UN atomic watchdog agency has found additional traces of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium in Iran, diplomats said in Vienna today.