Iran Pledges to Answer UN Questions on Uranium Enrichment Work By Ladane Nasseri
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian negotiators said they will answer questions about their country's uranium enrichment work raised by United Nations nuclear inspectors. The two sides will meet today in Tehran to continue negotiations that began yesterday between delegations headed by International Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Director-General Olli Heinonen and Iran's deputy nuclear negotiator, Javad Vaeedi. Iran will provide the IAEA inspectors with written responses to their questions on two types of centrifuges for enriching uranium, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said. The IAEA and Iranian diplomats agreed Aug. 21 on a timetable for the government to clarify issues of concern over the nuclear program. The U.S. and some of its allies allege the program is aimed at developing an atomic bomb. Iran denies the accusation and says it is developing a nuclear-energy program. Iran has refused to comply with UN Security Council demands to suspend the enrichment of uranium, a material that can fuel a reactor or form the core of a bomb. The refusal has led to two sets of UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic since December. The IAEA will get answers to its questions about P1 and P2 centrifuges, IRNA said. P2 centrifuges are more advanced than P1s and allow faster uranium enrichment. Iran uses P1 centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility. The country has designs for P2 centrifuges, though the extent of the plans isn't clear. Uranium enriched to a level of 5 percent can fuel a reactor, while at 90 percent the material can be used in a bomb. The IAEA has said inspectors have been trying to determine Iran's source of highly enriched uranium, the origin of blueprints that include details on how to build a nuclear warhead, and whether experiments with plutonium were part of an arms program. Discussions are scheduled to last until tomorrow, state-run Mehr news reported today. A follow-up meeting is to be held later this month, IRNA said. Last Updated: October 10, 2007 06:46 EDT <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=ahZyjDnWwsls&refer=\ mideast <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=ahZyjDnWwsls&refer=\ mideast> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
