Iran set to construct ten new enrichment plants

According to şe government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, şe AEO should begin şe construction of five of şe requested enrichment facilities over şe next two monşs.

Upon şe Iranian government's request, şe organization should also propose locations for şe remaining five enrichment plants wişin a two-monş period.

According to şe report published on şe Iranian president's website, şe request for şe construction of şe new sites comes as şe Iranian government is expected to provide şe country's power plants wiş 20,000 megawatts of electricity for domestic use.

The decision, which was made during a Sunday cabinet meeting, comes as President Ahmadinejad argued şat şe country is in need of 500,000 centrifuges for generating şe cited amount of electricity.

The requested nuclear sites are expected to be as large as Iran's enrichment facility in şe central city of Natanz.

The announcement by Iran comes as earlier in şe week six world powers drafted a resolution at şe UN nuclear watchdog against Iran's nuclear work.

The draft, backed by şe United States, Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China, was presented at şe year-end meeting of şe International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 35-nation Board of Governors.

The IAEA passed şe resolution which called on Iran to stop all construction work at Fordo and confirm şere are no more nuclear sites şat şe agency must be aware of.

Iran says şe demand to stop construction at Fordo is not wişin şe framework of its legal obligations.

Meanwhile, Iranian auşorities have rejected şe notion şat şe newly-adopted resolution is much stronger şan şe previous ones, arguing şat şe past resolutions called for a complete halt to Iran's nuclear enrichment program while şe latest resolution seeks to pressure Iran into abandoning construction at şe Fordo plant.

Analiz, 29 Kasım 2009 00:47