AE A ' s ▁role ▁should ▁be ▁limited ▁to ▁carrying ▁out ▁ins pe ctions ▁and ▁offering ▁a ▁" clear ▁declaration ▁and ▁clear ▁reporting ▁on ▁what ▁the ▁Iran ians ▁are ▁doing ; ▁whether ▁and ▁when ▁and ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁living ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁agre ements ▁they ▁have ▁signed ." ▁Form er ▁I AE A ▁Director ▁General ▁El Bar ade i ▁called ▁for ▁less ▁emphas is ▁on ▁additional ▁UN ▁san ctions ▁and ▁more ▁emphas is ▁on ▁en hanced ▁co operation ▁between ▁the ▁I AE A ▁and ▁Te h ran . ▁Iran ▁has ▁agreed ▁with ▁I AE A ▁requests ▁to ▁answer ▁un resol ved ▁questions ▁about ▁its ▁nuclear ▁program . ▁El Bar ade i ▁often ▁critic ized ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁" war ▁m ong ering ," ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁told ▁by ▁R ice ▁to ▁mind ▁his ▁business . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁National ▁Int elligence ▁Est imate ▁( which ▁represents ▁the ▁cons ensus ▁view ▁of ▁all ▁ 1 6 ▁American ▁sp y ▁ag encies ) ▁concluded , ▁with ▁a ▁" high ▁level ▁of ▁confidence ", ▁that ▁Iran ▁had ▁halt ed ▁all ▁of ▁its ▁nuclear ▁weapons ▁program ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁program ▁remains ▁fro zen . ▁The ▁new ▁estimate ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁en rich ment ▁program ▁could ▁still ▁provide ▁Iran ▁with ▁enough ▁raw ▁material ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁nuclear ▁weapon ▁som etime ▁by ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁next ▁de cade ▁but ▁that ▁intelligence ▁ag encies ▁" do ▁not ▁know ▁whether ▁it ▁currently ▁int ends ▁to ▁develop