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Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal
The TelegraphBy Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor (Filed: 27/07/2004) Iran has broken the seals on nuclear equipment monitored by United Nations inspectors and is once again building and testing machines that could make fissile material for nuclear weapons. Teheranâs move, revealed to The Daily Telegraph yesterday by western sources, breaks a deal with European countries under which Iran suspended "all uranium enrichment activity". It will also exacerbate fears that the regional power is determined to make an atomic bomb within a few years. Enrichment is the most controversial part of Iranâs "peaceful" nuclear programme because the same technology used to make low-enriched uranium to fuel nuclear reactors can be used to refine material for bombs. America has in recent weeks renewed its call for Iran to be referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. However, diplomats said senior officials from the "EU-3" - Britain, France and Germany - would try to coax Teheran back to the path of co-operation at a secret meeting in Paris on Thursday. Posted by: George 2004-07-26 |
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