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Probe at dead end: IAEA

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that his probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms is at "a dead end" because Teheran is not cooperating and warned that confidence in Teheran had shrunk in the wake of its belated revelation of a previously secret nuclear facility. Mohamed El-Baradei, speaking in Vienna four days before he ends his stint as IAEA chief, also criticized Teheran for not accepting an internationally endorsed plan meant to delay its ability to make such weapons.