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London (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 Britain said Sunday that Iran's plans to boost its uranium enrichment were "clearly a matter of serious concern", in a statement issued by the Foreign Office in London. "Reports that Iran is planning to enrich some of their fuel to 20 percent level of enrichment are clearly a matter of serious concern," a spokeswoman for the ministry said in a statement. "This would be a deliberate breach of five UNSCRs (United Nations Security Council Resolutions). President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran's atomic chief on Sunday to boost the Islamic republic's uranium enrichment, in a fresh challenge to world powers days after appearing to accept a UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal. The ministry spokeswoman added: "We will need to consider our response in partnership with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and others," including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, the so-called 5+1. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the United States, France, Germany, Russia and China -- plus Germany are locked in talks with Iran over its nuclear programme. Western powers fear Tehran wants to enrich uranium for use in an atomic weapons programme. Iran insists its nuclear enrichment drive is purely for peaceful purposes.
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Defiant Ahmadinejad orders uranium enrichment to 20 pctTehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran's atomic chief on Sunday to enrich uranium to 20 percent, in a fresh challenge to world powers days after appearing to accept a Western proposal for the supply of nuclear fuel to a Tehran reactor. Ahmadinejad blamed the world powers for the stalemate over a UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal, but left the door open for possible negotiation over the propos ... read more |
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