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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El Baradei (R) with Hassan Rowhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (R) on Thursday, 16 October 2003, during their meeting in Teheran on Iran's controversial nuclear programme. The IAEA has put a deadline until October 31 for Iran to sign the additional IAEA protocol or face sanctions by the UNited Nations Securioty Council. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH