Washington: Stating that there is no evidence to show that Iran had an active nuclear weapons programme, the head of the UN atomic watchdog has warned that "building confrontation" on the issue will lead to "disaster".
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief, Mohammed ElBaradei ruled out a military solution to the standoff over Tehran's controversial nuclear, urged both sides to tone down rhetoric and called for "creative diplomacy" as opposed to pursuing sanctions to resolve the imbroglio.
"We haven't received any information there is a parallel ongoing active nuclear weapon programme (in Iran)," he said.
El Baradei said in the past there had been certain procurements and experiments by Iran that were not reported to the agency.
"And that's where we are working now with Iran to clarify the past and the present, but I have not received any information that there is a complete active nuclear weapon programme going on right now," he said "It is clearly a question of distrust between Iran and most of the international community, at least the west, the US in particular. And to build confidence, you will not be able to do that through just exchanging rhetoric.
