Iran now has 30kg of enriched uranium
Enriched to 20%, strong enough for a medical research reactor, not near the 90% needed for a fission bomb. But this is twice as much as Iran claimed to have in June.
Turkey is sanguine. Prime Minister Erdogan aims to triple Turkish trade with Iran over the next five years, despite some hesitancy by Turkish banks unwilling to risk sanctions by the U.S. For perspective, currently Turkey trades as much with Iran as with the U.S. No doubt that trade will be aided by continued Turkish opposition to sanctions proposals at the U.N.
Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-21 |