Iran Seeks Permission to Test Nuclear Equipment
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From Times Wire Reports
Iran has asked the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog to let it break U.N. seals and test atomic equipment that has been mothballed under an agreement with three European Union powers, a senior Iranian official said.
A U.S. official said it appeared that Tehran wanted to violate its pledge to suspend all activities linked to the production of enriched-uranium fuel, which can be used in power plants or arms.
But Mohammed Saeedi, the deputy chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, said the test did not mean lifting the suspension.
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