Iran says the program is for peaceful purposes , but western nations fear Tehran is trying to build a nuclear bomb.
VOA: standard.2009.10.21
Critics of the Bush administration seized on the finding to demand an end to any forcible effort to prevent the mullahocracy in Tehran from continuing to use its "peaceful" nuclear program as a cover for obtaining the bomb.
But the same facilities that are used for peaceful enrichment can be used to enrich uranium for abomb, and inspectors say they have not been able to fully gauge Iran's intentions.