Iran will build 10 new sites to enrich uranium, the government of Iran announced Sunday 29 November. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the facilities will produce 250-300 tonnes of enriched uranium a year. Construction is to begin on five of the new plants within two months, and when all 10 are completed will house 500,000 centrifuges.
The decision by Iran was taken after the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency, IAEA, sharply rebuked Iran 27 November for not complying with five UN Security Council resolutions calling on Iran to cease its nuclear activities. The IAEA resolution had Russian and Chinese backing.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 30 November 2009.
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Tags: IAEA, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran Iran, uranium enrichment
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