美国媒体说，国际原子能机构已经获得情报，显示伊朗已进行研发核武器技术的工作。《华盛顿邮报》星期日晚上报导说，据了解这份情报的西方外交官和核专家透露，伊朗已在外国科学家的帮助下完成关键步骤，克服了技术难题。
曾 在国际原子能机构工作的一名前任官员说，伊朗取得的进展包括设计、测试引发核爆炸的爆炸装置。《纽约时报》报道，听取情报的官员说，伊朗拥有一个据信用来 测试这种装置的设施。国际原子能机构本星期将就伊朗的核计划发布一份报告。伊朗神职人员哈塔米星期一警告国际原子能机构总干事天野之弥不要发布被伊朗领导 人称之为谎言的报告，声称此举会伤害联合国机构的信誉。
U.S. media say the U.N. nuclear agency has been provided with intelligence showing Iran has carried out work on developing nuclear weapons technology.The Washington Post reported late Sunday that according to Western diplomats and nuclear experts who reviewed the intelligence, Iran has taken key steps in overcoming technical challenges with the help of foreign scientists.
A former official with the International Atomic Energy Agency told the newspaper that the advancements include obtaining the design for, and testing of, a capsule of explosives used to trigger a nuclear explosion. The New York Times reports that officials briefed on the intelligence say Iran has a facility some believe is used to test such a device.The IAEA is due to release a report on Iran's nuclear program this week.Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami warned IAEA chief Yukiya Amano Monday to not release what the Iranian leader called a report of lies, saying that would hurt the U.N. agency's credibility.