February 14, 2006
Iran Says "Not Yet"
An Iranian official has been quoted as saying a crucial process to uranium enrichment has not yet begun. Which official? Who knows?
Iran has not yet started running centrifuges to produce enriched uranium, which the West suspects Tehran wants to make atomic weapons, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Iran, which says it wants to enrich uranium only to the low level needed for power stations, ordered the resumption uranium enrichment after being reported to the U.N. Security Council earlier this month.
"No work has been done on the centrifuges and no gas has been injected yet," the official said.
I don't know about you, but I feel a heck of a lot better after reading that. After all, the Iranians are so honorable. Why would they make anything up?
After all, they're only looking to create clean energy...
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