Mohamed ElBaradei, as reported in this Reuters story (which is really a summary of this Newsweek Q & A):

Asked if Iran was buying time to build a bomb, ElBaradei replied: “That’s why I said we are coming to the litmus test in the next few weeks.”

ElBaradei said he does not exclude the possibility that Iran may have another more secret nuclear weapons program that is separate from the activities the IAEA knows about.

“And if they have the nuclear material and they have a parallel weaponization program along the way, they are really not very far — a few months — from a weapon,” he said.

A German deputy foreign minister was likewise talking about the Iranian nuclear issue this weekend:

German deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler said imposing economic sanctions against Iran for its nuclear policy would be a “very dangerous path,” according to reports here.

Erler said the sanctions would hurt both sides and will not necessarily lead Iran to abandon its nuclear program.

He said he favored imposing travel restrictions on Iranian politicians as a more effective way of exerting pressure on Tehran, according to a summary released on Saturday of his interview to German radio.

The deputy foreign minister said travel restrictions would have “an extraordinarily unpleasant impact,” said the summary of the interview, which is due to be broadcast on Sunday.

Travel restrictions. Try putting travel restrictions on the Hidden Imam, I can hear President Ahmadinejad cackling to himself.

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