Iran determined to resume uranium enrichment

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Iran is determined to resume uranium enrichment whether talks with the European Union over its nuclear program succeed or fail, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Last November, Tehran suspended uranium enrichment - which could produce nuclear fuel for power plants or bombs - while it negotiated a settlement to its nuclear dispute with the EU.

The EU and Washington want Iran to scrap all nuclear fuel work, fearing it is developing the capability to make nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear facilities will be used only to generate electricity. "We will resume uranium enrichment after a while," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference.

"It is on our agenda whether the talks reach a result or not."
Iranian and EU negotiators are due to resume talks in London on April 29.
"It's clear the current (enrichment) suspension can not last long. Naturally the suspension will continue during the talks but Iran will never allow the talks to go on for an unreasonable amount of time," Mr Asefi said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1352450.htm

[Deja Q]

1. Recycling uranium. Makes common sense.

Let them use it for power, which we all should be doing, but there is a concern over weapons' development.

[NorthernSpy]

2. Iran is right smack-dab in one of the most violent earthquake zones...

... on the planet. And they plan to sprinkle the Persian countryside with nuclear reactors even so.

More geniuses at work. :eyes:

[dArKeR]

3. You must buy oil!