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2006 Tuesday 10 JanuaryIran provokes West by resuming nuclear researchTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran removed U.N. seals at its Natanz uranium enrichment plant and resumed research on nuclear fuel on Tuesday, ignoring Western calls that it refrain from any work that could help it to develop atomic weapons.
But the United States and the European Union doubt that Iran's atomic ambitions are entirely peaceful and are likely to ask for the U.N. Security Council, which can impose economic sanctions, to take up the matter, Western diplomats said. "Iran's nuclear research centres have restarted their activities," Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, told state television. He said work at the research facilities would be under the supervision of the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Saeedi told a news conference Iran had come to an agreement with the (IAEA) on what work Iran would do. He did not say what the work would entail. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna confirmed Iran was removing U.N. seals at Natanz, a plant in central Iran that Tehran concealed from U.N. inspectors until an Iranian exile group revealed its existence in August 2002. "The Iranians have begun removing (U.N.) seals at Natanz in the presence of IAEA inspectors," said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming. "We are in contact with our inspectors in Iran and once we get the full details we will report these to the (agency's) board of governors today." STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION The EU was quick to denounce Iran's move. "It is considered a violation of the Paris agreement. These activities are clearly related to enrichment," Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, said by telephone. "This is very much a step in the wrong direction. We are extremely concerned and consultations are taking place (within the 25-nation EU) to coordinate a response." European diplomats have said they would seek an emergency meeting of the IAEA to consider referring Tehran to the Security Council for failing to allay fears it is seeking an atom bomb. It is unclear if Iran will simply test equipment or actually produce small amounts of nuclear fuel in a laboratory environment. The IAEA was unable to provide details about any of work the Iranians were undertaking. One EU and one non-EU diplomat said Iran was planning to get 164 centrifuges running at the Natanz enrichment facility in order to begin mastering the art of producing nuclear fuel. Centrifuges enrich uranium by spinning it at supersonic speed. However, such a small cascade would take many years to produce enough bomb-grade uranium for a single weapon. If enriched to a low-level, enriched uranium can be used in power stations such as the one Iran is building at the southern port of Bushehr with the aid of Russia. If enriched further, it can be used in atomic warheads. However, Saeedi denied any suggestion that Iran was resuming the production of nuclear fuel at the Natanz facility. "There is a difference between research and producing nuclear fuel ... The production of nuclear fuel is still under suspension," he told a news conference. (Additional reporting by Louis Charbonneau in Berlin and Mark John in Brussels) |
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