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Iran enrichment 'in early stages'
The head of the UN's nuclear agency has said Iran is only at the early stages of enriching uranium.
Mohamed ElBaradei said Iran had not reached the industrial scale of uranium enrichment it claimed recently.
Mr ElBaradei said Iran had only hundreds of centrifuges for enriching uranium, not the thousands that would be needed for industrial production.
Tehran says its nuclear programme is peaceful, but the West fears it wants to build atomic bombs.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said international concern over Iran's nuclear programme was based on its motives, rather than its current capability.
"Iran is still just at the beginning stages in setting up its Natanz enrichment facility. The talk of building a facility with 50,000 centrifuges is just at the beginning, and it is currently only in the hundreds," Mr ElBaradei said.
The UN Security Council has imposed a package of sanctions on Iran over its refusal to cease enriching uranium, which some Western countries fear could be part of a secret nuclear weapons programme.........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6549185.stm
IAEA says Iran at starting stage of nuke enrichment
By Souhail Karam
RIYADH (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Thursday that Iran was still at the starting stage of creating a uranium enrichment plant and that concerns stemmed more from its motivations than the scale of production.
"There are various definitions of industrial scale production. Iran is still at the starting stage of creating a uranium enrichment plant," Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Riyadh.
"The fears do not only stem from Iran conducting industrial production but rather Iran's aims behind (enriching uranium) before it has nuclear reactors for electric power generation that need enriched uranium........"
http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=563252007
Nuclear Iran threatens whole Middle East, not just Israel
BY HOWARD GASES
The United Nations Security Council last month unanimously passed Resolution 1747, which imposed stricter sanctions on the Iranian government for its continuation of uranium enrichment activities. Not surprisingly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad characterized the resolution as illegal and declared that Iran's nuclear program will not be halted.
While this development shows that the international community is taking the Iranian nuclear threat seriously, the unpredictability of the United Nations and the lack of actual change on the ground make it necessary to continue making a strong case against an Iranian bomb......
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070412/OPINION/704120379/1030
The head of the UN's nuclear agency has said Iran is only at the early stages of enriching uranium.
Mohamed ElBaradei said Iran had not reached the industrial scale of uranium enrichment it claimed recently.
Mr ElBaradei said Iran had only hundreds of centrifuges for enriching uranium, not the thousands that would be needed for industrial production.
Tehran says its nuclear programme is peaceful, but the West fears it wants to build atomic bombs.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said international concern over Iran's nuclear programme was based on its motives, rather than its current capability.
"Iran is still just at the beginning stages in setting up its Natanz enrichment facility. The talk of building a facility with 50,000 centrifuges is just at the beginning, and it is currently only in the hundreds," Mr ElBaradei said.
The UN Security Council has imposed a package of sanctions on Iran over its refusal to cease enriching uranium, which some Western countries fear could be part of a secret nuclear weapons programme.........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6549185.stm
IAEA says Iran at starting stage of nuke enrichment
By Souhail Karam
RIYADH (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Thursday that Iran was still at the starting stage of creating a uranium enrichment plant and that concerns stemmed more from its motivations than the scale of production.
"There are various definitions of industrial scale production. Iran is still at the starting stage of creating a uranium enrichment plant," Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Riyadh.
"The fears do not only stem from Iran conducting industrial production but rather Iran's aims behind (enriching uranium) before it has nuclear reactors for electric power generation that need enriched uranium........"
http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=563252007
Nuclear Iran threatens whole Middle East, not just Israel
BY HOWARD GASES
The United Nations Security Council last month unanimously passed Resolution 1747, which imposed stricter sanctions on the Iranian government for its continuation of uranium enrichment activities. Not surprisingly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad characterized the resolution as illegal and declared that Iran's nuclear program will not be halted.
While this development shows that the international community is taking the Iranian nuclear threat seriously, the unpredictability of the United Nations and the lack of actual change on the ground make it necessary to continue making a strong case against an Iranian bomb......
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070412/OPINION/704120379/1030