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208487
Wed, 09/21/2011 - 09:20
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Iran N. Chief: Iran to Shift Enrichment Activities to Fordo in 6 Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's nuclear chief Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani said the country's experts have transferred part of the Natanz enrichment facilities to the Fordo site near the city of Qom and that the job will be accomplished in the next six months.
He said equipment was being transferred to Fordo and that the facility would be inaugurated within six months.
Abbasi-Davani said the activity was moved to protect the nuclear program against any Israeli and US strikes.
Western powers have voiced particular alarm over Iran's decision to shift uranium enrichment to Fordo.
Asked whether Iran had any nuclear cooperation with North Korea, Abbasi-Davani said his country had so far not had any "need" for that. But he did not rule it out in future, saying any such cooperation would be under IAEA supervision.
Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad. Tehran also stresses that the country is pursuing a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
The US and its western allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
He said equipment was being transferred to Fordo and that the facility would be inaugurated within six months.
Abbasi-Davani said the activity was moved to protect the nuclear program against any Israeli and US strikes.
Western powers have voiced particular alarm over Iran's decision to shift uranium enrichment to Fordo.
Asked whether Iran had any nuclear cooperation with North Korea, Abbasi-Davani said his country had so far not had any "need" for that. But he did not rule it out in future, saying any such cooperation would be under IAEA supervision.
Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad. Tehran also stresses that the country is pursuing a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
The US and its western allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
