President Barack Obama's top security adviser on Sunday dismissed a report that Iran was closer to making an atomic bomb and said Iranian cooperation in the last few weeks was good for nuclear non-proliferation, Reuters reported. "For now things are moving in the right direction," National Security Adviser Jim Jones said on CNN's "State of the Union" program. The New York Times reported on Saturday that a confidential analysis by staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded that Iran has acquired "sufficient information to be able to design and produce" a bomb. Asked whether Iran was closer to having a bomb, Jones said: "No, we stand by the reports that we have put out." "What has happened with regard to Iran in the last couple of weeks has been very significant," Jones said, pointing to the Iranian decision to open a new uranium enrichment facility near the city of Qom for inspection. IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei announced on Sunday in Tehran that the U.N. nuclear watchdog will inspect the site on Oct. 25, and he praised a shift "from conspiracy to cooperation" in Iran's dealing with the West. -- SPA
