Monday, February 8, 2010

Iran Announces Major Escalation In Its Nuclear Program -- News Updates



Iran Tells IAEA Plans To Go Ahead with Uranium Enrichment -- Voice of America

Iran says it needs uranium enriched to 20 percent to fuel a medical research reactor.

Iran says it has told the U.N. nuclear agency of its plan to enrich uranium to higher levels, defying world powers pressuring Iran to halt enrichment.

Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says Iran gave the agency official notice Monday.

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More News On Iran's Nuclear Program

Iran's Parliament backs Iran Pres. decision over 20% enrichment -- Press TV
Iran Orders Further Uranium Enrichment -- Voice of America

Ahmadinejad Orders Production of Higher-enriched Uranium
-- Washington Post
Iran tells UN nuclear inspectors it will begin next stage of uranium enrichment -- The Telegraph
Iran to Tell IAEA of Nuclear Enrichment Plans -- New York Times
Iran informs IAEA about higher-grade uranium enrichment plan -- China View
Ahmadinejad Orders Boost in Nuclear Enrichment -- Los Angeles Times
Iran Challenges West with Nuclear Announcement -- The Times

As Europe and China fall in line, sanctions loom over Iran -- Deutsche Welle
France, U.S. step up call for new Iran sanctions -- Reuters
Gates in Paris as West faces Iranian nuclear defiance -- Asia One
New sanctions on Iran are only path left: Gates -- Reuters
Tough Sanctions Could Still Work in Iran, Gates Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Gates Says Still Time for Sanctions to Work on Iran -- Voice of America

Why uranium enrichment is so important -- CNN
Iran's plan for 10 new nuclear fuel plants 'laughably ambitious' -- Christian Science Monitor

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