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IAEA inspectors in Iran for uranium site visit
Vienna (AFP) Dec 10, 2009 Inspectors from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Iran on Thursday to visit to a new uranium enrichment site, diplomatic sources in Vienna said. It is the third such visit by IAEA inspectors to Fordo, near the holy city of Qom, since Tehran admitted the site's existence on September 21. Iran's confession has drawn suspicions from the West over the real purpose of its nuclear programme. The Iranian government insists that it is entirely peaceful and solely aimed at generating energy for a growing population whose supply of fossil fuels will eventually run out. Western powers, however, believe the Islamic republic is seeking an atomic bomb. The four IAEA officials who first inspected the site in October have so far refused to divulge specifics on what they found there. All they have said is that it can hold some 3,000 nuclear centrifuges, the motors used to enrich uranium, although none have been installed as yet. Iran says the Fordo enrichment site will be operational in 2011. A diplomatic source told AFP that under an agreement between the UN agency and Iran, inspections are supposed to take place monthly. Western envoys upped the pressure at the UN Security Council on Thursday, threatening to push for new sanctions early next year if the Islamic republic continues to defy demands to halt its nuclear programme. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Saudi 'deplores' Iran charge of kidnapped scientist: reportRiyadh (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 Saudi Arabia rebuffed charges that the US kidnapped a Iranian nuclear scientist on a pilgrimage to Mecca, a Saudi newspaper said Wednesday, while a leading Iranian politician branded the act "terrorist behaviour." Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman Osama Nugali told Asharq Alawsat that he was "stunned by the declarations and allegations" from Tehran, which he "deplored." Nugali said that ... read more |
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