Iran bought metal useable in atomic bombs: diplomats
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VIENNA: Intelligence reports accuse Iran of buying large amounts of beryllium, a metal that has many civilian uses but which some US and other countriesâ officials believe Tehran wanted exclusively for an atomic bomb, diplomats say.
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Iran obtained weapons-grade uranium and  a design for a nuclear bomb from a Pakistani scientist who has  admitted to selling nuclear secrets abroad, an exiled Iranian  opposition group said on Wednesday.
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Iran is producing massive quantities of uranium hexaflouride on the eve of the implementation of an agreement to suspend its nuclear activity, US and Western diplomats said Friday.
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Iran on Monday issued a bank note with a nuclear symbol in a move seen as an assertion of its national will in the face of international sanctions over its insistence on enriching uranium.
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Iran defied the  United Nations on Tuesday by announcing it has begun converting  a large amount of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a  process that can be used to develop atomic bombs.
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Iran is spending the last few days before it must stop all work related to uranium enrichment converting tons of ore into a dual-use gas that could then be processed to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Friday.
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Iran has offered inspectors access to records and equipment from two nuclear sites, the UN's atomic agency says.
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Iran said Sunday that demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment &#151; technology that can be used for nuclear weapons &#151; were "illegal."
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VIENNA, Sept. 21. - Shrugging off a 35-nation ultimatum, Iran today revealed that it had started converting tons of raw uranium as part of technology that could be used to make nuclear arms.
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Iran bought blueprints of a nuclear bomb from the same black-market network that gave Libya such diagrams and continues to enrich uranium despite a commitment to suspend the technology that can be used for atomic weapons, an Iranian opposition group said Wednesday.
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Iran said Wednesday it has processed several tons of raw &quot;yellowcake&quot; uranium to prepare it for enrichment â- key step in developing atomic weapons â -defiance of the UN nuclear watchdog agency.
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Defying a key demand set by 35 nations, Iran announced Tuesday it has started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
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VIENNA, Austria  - The United States accused Iran  Wednesday of threatening global peace with its plans to process  37 tons of raw "yellowcake" uranium, which one Western nuclear  expert said would be enough to build five atomic bombs.
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Defying a U.N., Iran began enriching uranium for what it says is a power project, but the gas could be refined to use for bombs.
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Iran obtained weapons-grade uranium and  a nuclear bomb design from a Pakistani scientist who has  admitted to selling nuclear secrets abroad, an exiled Iranian  opposition group said on Wednesday.
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Iran has given the United Nations a written promise to fully suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said today, in an apparent bid to dispel suspicions that Tehran wants to build a nuclear bomb.
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VIENNA, Sept 21: Iran defied the United Nations on Tuesday by announcing it would go on converting a large amount of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a process that can be used to develop atomic bombs.