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Thread #75099   Message #1739207
Posted By: beardedbruce
12-May-06 - 02:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who's Next? Iran or Korea?
Subject: RE: BS: Who's Next? Iran or Korea?
Soleimani said Iran had a parallel nuclear program, with the military hiding uranium enrichment facilities while showing inspectors of the Vienna-based UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) civilian facilities.

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/?NewsCode=27104&NewsKind=Current+Affairs

Highly Enriched Uranium Traces Discovered in Iran by Inspectors
By Felicity Barringer
The New York Times -- UNITED NATIONS

International inspectors have found traces of highly enriched uranium at an Iranian facility, according to a new confidential report distributed on Tuesday. The traces could be an indication that Tehran has already produced weapons-grade nuclear materials.

Iran denied producing nuclear materials, said the report, by the International Atomic Energy Association, the conclusions of which were obtained by The New York Times. The report added, "Additional work is also required to enable the agency to arrive at conclusions about Iran's statements that there have been no uranium enrichment activities in Iran involving nuclear material."

The Iranians, the report said, explained that the trace particles found by inspectors at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant had been on the equipment when it was purchased from another country.

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V123/N35/long335.35w.html