The Iranian news agency IRNA announced that a facility for processing uranium into material that can only be used for the operation of nuclear reactors has been put into operation in Iran.
Director of Iran's Nuclear Energy Agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, stated that commissioning of the facility is part of the temporary agreement on the disputed Iranian nuclear program, which the Islamic Republic reached with world powers, IRNA reported, and the AP agency reported.
Salehi stated that the plant will process uranium hexafluoride, which can be used for the production of atomic weapons, into uranium dioxide, the sole purpose of which is to be used for the operation of nuclear reactors.
Iran and world powers are currently negotiating a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program, and an interim agreement was reached in November last year.
Iran refuses to allow UN inspectors access to the Parchin base
Iran will not allow UN nuclear inspectors access to the Parchin military base, not far from Tehran, which they have been seeking since 2005, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Degan announced today.
The minister's announcement comes just two days before the deadline for Iran's response to accusations that its nuclear program has a military dimension, reports AFP.
Director of the International Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) Yuki Amano stated in June that Parcin's availability to nuclear inspectors is of key importance in order to eventually be able to confirm the peacetime nature of Iran's nuclear program.
Amano noted that satellite images from February of this year to June indicate that activity that was previously assessed as suspicious continues at the base in question and that it is necessary for IAEA inspectors to gain access to both the people who work there and the documents there.
There are suspicions that in this base the Iranians are working on developing sophisticated explosives that can be used to detonate nuclear warheads.
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