Iran announces plans for 10 new uranium enrichment plants

TEHRAN -- Iran's government will build 10 new sites to enrich uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday, a dramatic expansion of the country's nuclear program and one that is bound to fuel fears that it is attempting to produce a nuclear

The announcement comes just days after a censure of Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the Islamic republic's refusal to stop enriching uranium, a key demand of Western powers. The 35-member board of the agency also criticized Iran's construction of a second enrichment plant in Qom, southwest of Tehran.


Meanwhile, on Friday, the resolution passed by the board of IAEA censured Iran for a "breach of its obligation" under U.N. treaties.

"We are ready to be friendly and kind toward the whole world, but at the same time we won't allow the smallest violation of the rights of the Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad said.

The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, standing alongside the president, told reporters that the decisions of the cabinet on Sunday are a strong response to the "unacceptable actions of world powers."


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how's that diplomacy working out?