| Despite its pledge to the European Union, Iran has significantly expanded its uranium enrichment facility. A Washington think tank has released a satellite photograph that showed extensive construction at the Natanz nuclear facility. Iran designed Natanz for the enrichment of uranium, a key process in the assembly of nuclear weapons.On Jan. 13, the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security [ISIS] released a satellite image that showed seven buildings under construction at Natanz. All of the buildings underwent construction in 2005 and some of them were meant to house or conceal thousands of gas centrifuges required for uranium enrichment.The photograph of Natanz, located about 200 kilometers southeast of Teheran, was taken on Jan. 2. On Jan. 10, Iran began removing seals from Natanz and resumed uranium enrichment. |