Iran Blames West over Plans to Build 10 New Nuclear Plants

Iran announced over the weekend that they plan to enrich uranium at 10 new sites. File Photo

A top Iranian official has accused the West of provoking his country into launching a plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants.

Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi said a UN demand for Iran to halt work on a recently revealed site had "prompted the government to approve the plan".

"Apparently the West doesn't want to understand Iran's peaceful message," he told Iranian state radio.

Tehran's move has fuelled further concerns over its nuclear programme, the BBC reported.

A source in Russia's foreign ministry told local news agencies on Monday that Russia, which supplies much of Iran's nuclear technology, was "seriously concerned by the latest statements of the Iranian leadership".

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told a French radio programme that Iran was being "a bit childish".

"Iran is playing an extremely dangerous game," he said.

"There's no coherence in all this, other than a gut reaction."

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