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An Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan
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Photo: AP [file]
The intelligence, provided by a member
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Energy Agency, also says a report will soon be submitted to the Iranian leadership for a decision on
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The alleged tests loosely replicate Saddam Hussein's attempts to build the bomb nearly two decades
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They note that the spent fuel at issue as the source of the enriched uranium is not enough to
yield the approximately 30 kilograms (65 pounds) of weapons-grade material needed for a bomb.
Still, they say that the alleged experiment appears plausible - if not as a fast track to weapons
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With Iran's nuclear program already under international scrutiny, any new efforts by Teheran to
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The 3-page intelligence report, drawn
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"Sufficient data was collected for planning production lines for recovering the fuel," says the
assessment, which gave Teheran's Jaber ibn Hayan Laboratories, run by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, as the location for the experiment.
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IAEA spokespeople were unavailable Thursday but an official of the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog said
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Both Albright and a senior Vienna-based diplomat agreed that the alleged experiment roughly jibed with
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Baghdad, enough and at a sufficiently high level of enrichment to make a bomb.
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"This is the 'Iraqi scenario,"' said the diplomat, referring to the alleged Iranian experiment. He
- like the source of the intelligence - demanded
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US-led efforts for tough UN sanctions for Iran's refusal to suspend enrichment have been consistently
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Defying weak sanctions, the Islamic Republic has moved further through enrichment toward developing
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