US Iran report branded dishonest

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Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours the Natanz nuclear plant (file photo)
Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes
The UN nuclear watchdog has protested to the US government over a report on Iran's nuclear programme, calling it 'erroneous' and 'misleading'.




In a leaked letter, the IAEA said a congressional report contained serious distortions of the agency's own findings on Iran's nuclear activity.

The IAEA also took 'strong exception' to claims made over the removal of a senior safeguards inspector.

There was no immediate comment from Washington over the letter.

But Rep Rush Holt, a Democratic member of the House intelligence committee, which released the report, said it had never been meant for release to the public.

'This report was not ready for prime time and it was not prepared in a way that we can rely on. It relied heavily on unclassified testimony,' he told the BBC's PM programme."