Diplomatic insiders said Iran is laying the groundwork for its Qum facility to begin producing higher-enriched uranium, Reuters reported on Wednesday (see GSN, July 12).
The Persian Gulf nation last year began further refining low-enriched uranium from its stockpile to 20 percent, ostensibly for producing medical isotopes at an existing research reactor in Tehran. The United States and other Western powers, though, have feared the process could help Iran produce nuclear-weapon material, which has an enrichment level around 90 percent. Tehran has insisted its nuclear ambitions are strictly peaceful.
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More News On Iran's Nuclear Enrichment Plans
Iran prepares for nuclear work in bunker - sources -- Reuters
Iran prepares for nuclear work in bunker, sources say -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
2012: Iran's Atomic Daydreams -- Gavriel Queenann, Arutz Sheva
Iran’s nuclear threat is escalating -- William Hague, The Hill
My Comment: William Hague is right .... there is no reason to trust Iran. None at all.
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