英语新闻阅读：情报显示伊朗取得核武器研发进展

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　　U.S. media say the U.N. nuclear agency has been provided with intelligence
showing Iran has carried out work on developing nuclear weapons technology.The
Washington Post reported late Sunday that according to Western diplomats and
nuclear experts who reviewed the intelligence, Iran has taken key steps in
overcoming technical challenges with the help of foreign scientists.
        　　A former official with the International Atomic Energy Agency told the
newspaper that the advancements include obtaining the design for, and testing
of, a capsule of explosives used to trigger a nuclear explosion. The New York
Times reports that officials briefed on the intelligence say Iran has a facility
some believe is used to test such a device.The IAEA is due to release a report
on Iran's nuclear program this week.Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami
warned IAEA chief Yukiya Amano Monday to not release what the Iranian leader
called a report of lies, saying that would hurt the U.N. agency's
credibility.