IAEA: Iran on way to atomic bomb capability

Iran is on its way to mastering technology that would enable it to build atomic bombs, if it so chose, International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohamed ElBaradei said in remarks published on Friday.

Iran says its uranium-enrichment programme is only for civilian purposes - electricity generation - but is under IAEA investigation and UN sanctions over past undeclared activity and failure to prove its intentions are wholly peaceful. (Reuters)