Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are welcomed at Harare International Airport, April 25, 2010. Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters
Zimbabwe Strikes Deal To Sell Uranium To Iran, According To Reports -- The Telegraph
A deal has been struck between Iran and the Zimbabwe government which would see the African country sell raw materials for nuclear weapons to the Middle Eastern state, according to reports.
Gift Chimanikire, the Zimbabwean Deputy Mining Minister, told the Times newspaper that a memorandum of understanding had been signed to export uranium to Tehran, a move likely to prompt alarm in western capitals, particularly in Washington.
The United States and the European Union have imposed crippling sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, which Tehran insists is for peaceful energy uses but which they fear is intended to build a bomb.
Zimbabwe is also subject to international sanctions over its human rights record and its state-owned mining companies are banned from international trade, but a deal with Tehran circumnavigates such restrictions.
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More News On Zimbabwe Signing A Secret Deal To Sell Uranium To Iran
Mugabe signs secret deal to sell uranium to Tehran -- The Times
Zimbabwe agrees to sell uranium to Iran: report -- AFP
Zimbabwe agrees to sell uranium to Iran - media report -- Voice of Russia
My Comment: Both countries have always had very close relations .... I guess one can say that they are now even more closer. So much for the conciliatory approach on this issue from Iran's new President.
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