Nuclear 'scare' against Iran exposed

The revival of that issue in 2008 appears to reflect political pressure on the IAEA from the United States and its allies. . . .

The timing of the IAEA's decision in early 2008 to highlight the uranium metal document, after having previously indicated that it was resolved, suggests that it was the result of new political pressures on the agency. The new IAEA hard line on the issue came after Iran had provided new information that resolved the entire list of issues about the history of its nuclear program on which the IAEA had been raising doubts since 2003.