Iran gives UN second 'full' nuclear dossier

Iran, which insists its atomic program is dedicated to the peaceful generation of electricity, gave the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a similar "full" declaration in October 2003.

However, the October declaration omitted details about potentially weapons-related research, including designs and components for advanced "P2" centrifuges capable of producing bomb-grade uranium.

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"Yesterday, we submitted the declaration prior to the due date of June 18," Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, Pirooz Hosseini, told Reuters.

Asked if this declaration was full and truthful, Hosseini said: "Yes."

But one Western diplomat, who declined to be named, said IAEA inspections should continue until the declaration can be verified.

"I think the fact that they already submitted a declaration that was supposedly full and complete but clearly wasn't...means that intensive inspections should continue for at least the foreseeable future," the diplomat told Reuters.