Iran Invites Foreign Media to Examine Nuclear Plant

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Iran invites foreign media to examine nuclear plant

AMIR PAIVAR
IN NATANZ



IRAN took a group of journalists deep into the heart of a key nuclear plant yesterday in an unprecedented gesture of openness in the face of increasing international concern over its atomic industry.

The existence of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant 150 miles south of Tehran, which the European Union and the United States want to see closed down, remained secret until 2002. It is the centrepiece of Iran’s disputed atomic fuel drive.

About 30 Iranian and foreign reporters were allowed to photograph and film there yesterday as they accompanied Iran’s president, Mohammad Khatami, on an inspection of the 1,110-acre site. They were later taken to another atomic facility in the central city of Isfahan.

Iran’s government says its nuclear programme is nothing for the world to fear and will only be used to generate much-needed electricity; Washington and the EU fear Iran could use its nuclear plants to produce bombs.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=338302005

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