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TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iranian technicians
installed a second line, or cascade of 164 centrifuges, and were due to inject
gas into it later this week, the Iranian Student's News Agency (ISNA) reported
on Wednesday.
ISNA quoted an informed source as saying that "Iran's
second cascade has been installed two weeks ago and the injection of gas into it
will be done this week."
"Soon after injection of the gas, we will obtain the
product of the second centrifuge cascade," added the source.
Earlier on Monday, Mohamed ElBaradei,
director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in
Washington's Georgetown University that Iran has taken another step in its
ability to enrich uranium.
Iranian technicians had pieced together a second
line, or cascade of 164 centrifuges, and are days away from using the cascade to
enrich uranium, said ElBaradei, adding "it is in place and ready to go."
The new cascade is considered a political move by
Iranian officials who are hoping to send a defiant message to the U.N. Security
Council, as it weighs possible sanctions against the country, said the
Washington Post.
The United States has been seeking to impose
sanctions on Iran through the U.N. Security Council on the grounds that Tehran
is developing a nuclear-weapons program under the garb of a civilian-use
program.
However, Iran has said that its nuclear program is
for peaceful purposes only, while vowing that it wants to hold talks with
Europe, Russia, China and the United States, but it will not suspend its nuclear
work as a prerequisite.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United
States said on Tuesday that Iran is moving forward with its nuclear program and
the UN Security Council should pass a resolution to impose sanctions on the
country.
"It is clear that Iran is moving forward, full steam
ahead, with its nuclear program," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said
at a briefing. >>>
IAEA chief says Iran closer to
enriching uranium
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran has
taken another step in its ability to enrich uranium, Mohamed ElBaradei,
director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in
Washington's Georgetown University on Monday, the Washington Post reported on
Tuesday. >>>
