Iran will inform IAEA on nuclear sites when ready

TEHRAN. December 4. KAZINFORM. Iran will inform the UN nuclear watchdog on progress in its 10 new uranium enrichment plants only six months ahead of injecting gas into the sites which it plans to build, the state news agency said on Friday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
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In a major expansion of its nuclear program and in retaliation for last week's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution, Tehran said on Sunday it would build 10 more uranium enrichment sites like its Natanz IAEA-monitored underground one.

The IAEA resolution, passed last Friday, censured Iran for covertly constructing a second enrichment plant near the holy city of Qom, demanding a construction halt.

A senior Iranian diplomat, involved in nuclear talks with the West, said Iran had no intention to cooperate with the agency beyond its safeguards, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The United States and Germany warned Iran on Thursday, saying Tehran was rapidly approaching a December deadline to accept a UN-brokered nuclear deal with Western powers.

Iran rejected the deal, calling on the country to send some 75 percent of its Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) to Russia and France to be turned into fuel for a Tehran medical research reactor.

Ahmadinejad ruled out further talks with six major powers on Iran's atomic work, which the West fears is a cover to build bombs. Iran denies the charge; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.

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