Iran Reveals Second Uranium Enrichment Plant

World | September 25, 2009, Friday // 11:33|  views

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during the 64th General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly September 23. Photo by BGNES

Iran has revealed to the UN nuclear watchdog the existence of a second uranium enrichment plant.

Tehran has made the announcement in a letter to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei, the BBC reported.

Iran has previously acknowledged it has one enrichment plant at Natanz, 250km south of Tehran.

The country is supposed to have stopped all enrichment under threat of sanctions from the UN Security Council.

The news comes days before Iran is due to enter fresh talks over its controversial nuclear program.

Speaking to the BBC, the IAEA would neither confirm nor deny the reports, saying only that it was taking a serious look at the information.

If confirmed, the development would encourage fears that Iran has other secret facilities that could be used to make a nuclear bomb, the BBC said.

Iran has always insisted its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. However, the US and other Western nations fear Tehran is planning to develop an atomic weapon.

 

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