Iran To Produce Nuclear Fuel Soon
January 4, 2007 5:55 a.m. EST
Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Correspondent
Tehran, Iran (AHN) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on
Wednesday said his country is ready to push the button to start the
full production of nuclear fuel for industrial uses.
Speaking at a public gathering in Gatvand, Khuzestan province in
Iran, Ahmadinejad said, "Iran has access to full nuclear fuel cycle
and we will soon push the button on nuclear fuel production for
industrial uses. The Iranians are determined to achieve peaks of
success and defend its interests powerfully."
The president said every country in the world has the right to
peaceful nuclear technology and Iranians "call for nothing but
their rights."
He adds, "The bullying powers are seeking hegemony over the whole
world and they should give up in the face of the Iranian people and
officially recognize our rights."
Ahmadinejad issued the statement as his government continues to
reject the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1737 adopted on
December 23, 2006 which imposes sanctions against Tehran for its
refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program.
Uranium enrichment at low levels can be used to produce fuel to
generate electricity but at higher levels can be used to make
atomic bombs. Iran has already claimed that it has enriched uranium
to levels of around five percent.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi said in December that
Iran's first step toward producing nuclear fuel on industrial scale
would begin during the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations in
February.
