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UN atom watchdog chief says to quit if Iran attacked
20 Jun 2008 23:46:26 GMT
 Source: Reuters
(Corrects paragraph 2, adding dropped words "I don't believe that")

DUBAI, June 20 (Reuters) - The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said in remarks aired on Friday that he would resign if there was a military strike on Iran, warning that any such attack would turn the region into a "fireball".

"I don't believe that what I see in Iran today is a current, grave and urgent danger. If a military strike is carried out against Iran at this time ... it would make me unable to continue my work," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamad ElBaradei told Al Arabiya television in an interview. (Reporting by Lin Noueihed and Firouz Sedarat)


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