United Nations weapons inspectors have amassed a trove of new evidence that they say makes a \u201ccredible\u201d\u009d case that \u201cIran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device,\u201d\u009d and that the project may still be under way.<\/p>\n
The long-awaited report, released by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday, represents the strongest judgment the agency has issued in its decade-long struggle to pierce the secrecy surrounding the Iranian program. The findings, drawn from evidence of far greater scope and depth than the agency has previously made public, have already rekindled a debate among the Western allies and Israel about whether increased diplomatic pressure, sanctions, sabotage or military action could stop Iran\u2019s program.<\/p>\n
Knowing that their findings would be compared with the flawed Iraq intelligence that preceded the 2003 invasion \u201d\u201d and has complicated American moves on Iran \u201d\u201d the inspectors devoted a section of the report to \u201ccredibility of information.\u201d\u009d The information was from a range of independent sources, they said; some was backed up by interviews with foreigners who had helped Iran.<\/p>\n