No evidence for Iran's military nuclear program: ElBaradei

Dubai, Nov 19, IRNA - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in Dubai that there is no evidence for Iran's military nuclear program.

Speaking to reporters in Dubai, he further hoped that direct talks
between Iran and the US would begin after President-elect Barack Obama
takes office.

"Direct talks between Iran and the US will contribute a lot to solve
problems," he noted.

Referring implicitly to the political nature of problems in Iran's
nuclear dossier, he said that the country's nuclear case should be
solved only through diplomacy and nothing else.

Investigations made in Iraq in 2003 revealed that the country had no
weapons of mass destruction but releasing the report did not prevent
military invasion on the Arab country, he said.

ElBaradei said that IAEA inspectors have been probing Iran's nuclear
installations since 2003 and found no evidence proving the US claim
about military nuclear program.

He also called on Syria to be transparent with IAEA so that it can
form its assessment.

He further noted that nuclear issue is not the main problem facing the
world; rather poverty, under-development, financial crisis and AIDS
are of more significance.

All the countries are expected to adopt unified policy to counter the
challenges, he said, in reference to transparency of nuclear program
and open-up to the UN nuclear agency.