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MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s...
Energy Agency requested specific information and an immediate inspection of the facility to make sure it was for civilian needs. Iranian Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the country"s Atomic Energy Organization, later said that Tehran and IAEA would soon agree on the date of the inspection.Iran is under three sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment that could be used both for electricity generation and weapons production. The U.S., the U.K. and France condemned Iran"s nuclear program and said more sanctions could be imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Iran"s underground uranium enrichment center in Natanz, subject to UN inspections, has over 8,300 centrifuges and is expanding rapidly. Iranian authorities have repeatedly said the country needs 50,000 centrifuges to supply its future nuclear power plants with fuel.
Iran is under three sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment
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