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| Iran MP says Fordo nuclear site a 'red line' |
| 2013-10-28 |
| [Al Ahram] A prominent Iranian politician said on Sunday Iran would never agree to shut down its Fordo underground nuclear enrichment facility as demanded by world powers, Mehr news agency reported. "It is possible that they set some conditions such as shutting down Fordo, which definitely will not happen," Mehr quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the parliament's foreign policy committee, as saying. Fordo, with nearly 3,000 centrifuges and dug deep into a mountain near the holy city of Qom, some 150 kilometres (90 miles) south of Tehran, is at the heart of international concerns over Iran's nuclear drive. The site, whose existence was revealed in 2009, began in late 2011 to enrich uranium to purities of 20 percent, a few technical steps away from the 90-percent level needed for a nuclear weapon. Iran says it is enriching to this level to provide fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor, which produces medical isotopes, and denies seeking or ever having sought nuclear weapons. Closing Fordo or limiting enrichment activities has been a key demand by six world powers -- permanent UN Security Council members Britannia, China, La Belle France, Russia and the United States plus Germany -- in negotiations with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. In return, the powers are offering to ease some sanctions against the Islamic republic, such as those imposed on trade in gold and on the petrochemical sector. Iran and the P5+1 resumed talks mid-October in Geneva during which Tehran presented a new proposal that its chief nuclear negotiator Abbass Araqchi said could settle the dispute "within a year". Experts from both sides are to meet at the end of this week in Vienna to prepare for the next round of talks, in Geneva on November 7-8. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Iff ISRAEL, not Iran's new BFF in SYria POTUS Bammer = USA, decides to take any direct action agz Iran's NucProgs, IMO it will mainly be vee MOSSAD = FULL-SPECTRUM COVERT/BLACK OPS, NOT ALA THE IDF. Iran = Assadian Syria = safe thru Summer 2014 at minima. THE BAMMER'S REAL "RED LINE" LITMUS TEST IS AGZ CHINA IN EAST-SOUTH ASIA + WESTPAC, STARRING CAROLINE KENNEDY + JAPAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-10-28 20:55 |