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(16 Jun 2003)
1. Wide shot tilt down on exterior of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) building
2. Mid shot United Nations (UN) flag outside building
3. Men entering building, with IAEA sign on wall
4. Various interiors of meeting, with delegates
5. Director-general of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, approaching his seat and sitting down
6. Cutaway cameraman
7. Iran's chief representative to the IAEA, Ali Akbar Salehi, talking to reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's chief representative to the IAEA
"Everybody can judge what the pressure has been. We have been hearing for the past three months from the officials of the United States so many statements that would indicate a kind of pressuring of the IAEA or influencing the decisions to be made in the IAEA."
9. Cutaway United States' delegate name plate
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's chief representative to the IAEA
"We are not here to complicate issues, to turn issues into an international dilemma, but rather we are here to come out with just resolution of the issues at hand."
11. Mid shot ElBaradei seated
12. Various delegates
13. Security outside meeting

STORYLINE:

The head of the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog agency has appealed to Iran to give "credible assurances" of the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities, as the body began a meeting in Vienna on Monday amid worries about the spread of atomic weapons.

With reports that Iran may be trying to develop a nuclear arsenal, along with worries about North Korea, experts are questioning whether it's really possible to stop countries - let alone terrorists - from acquiring such weapons.

The week-long meeting of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began in Austria 10 days after an internal report claimed that Iran failed to honour promises to disclose its use of nuclear material.

The United States wants the agency to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

The director-general of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, appealed to Iran in an opening statement to "provide credible assurances regarding the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities".

Just before the closed-door meeting began, Iran's chief representative to the IAEA, Ali Akbar Salehi, said he was optimistic the issue would be resolved, but described US pressure as counterproductive.

Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the declared nuclear powers of the 1960s - the United States, China, France, Russia and Britain - agreed to reduce their arsenals, ensure that nuclear technology was used only for peaceful purposes and stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

But the treaty has failed to discourage other nations, such as India and Pakistan, from developing nuclear weapons.

Israel is widely believed to have nuclear arms, though it is unconfirmed.

North Korea is also suspected of developing nuclear weapons.

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