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Iran may have more secret nuclear facilities, warns IAEA | The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that Iran may have more secret nuclear sites apart
from the recently revealed construction site at Qom. The United Nations' nuclear
watchdog raised suspicions after inspectors were given access to the uranium enrichment
plant under construction in a mountain near the city of Qom. An IAEA report said
the government had failed to provide full and credible evidence that the plant
was only for civilian use. "Iran's declaration of the new facility reduces the
level of confidence in the absence of other nuclear facilities under construction
and gives rise to questions about whether there were any other nuclear facilities
not declared to the agency," the Telegraph quoted the IAEA report, as saying.
The IAEA added that construction had been continuing for longer than the Iranians
had admitted The inspectors' report said the Qom site was in an "advanced state"
of construction but did not yet have centrifuges or other nuclear-related equipment.
Iran informed the IAEA about the Qom nuclear site in September, only after its
existence had become known to western intelligence agencies. The discovery led
to an uproar in the west, with analysts saying the only purpose of such a facility
was to supply a weapons programme. Iran claimed it was being built in case its
main enrichment plant at Natanz, also initially kept secret, was bombed by enemies
such as Israel. The IAEA confirmed that the facility was intended to house 3,000
centrifuges, enough to enrich uranium for one nuclear weapon per year. |
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