U.S. officials have said they think Iran has the "technical ability" to produce highly enriched uranium, The Guardian reports Friday, citing leaked U.S. diplomatic cables, published by WikiLeaks.
U.S.
officials have said they think
Iran
has
the "technical ability" to produce highly enriched uranium, The
Guardian reports Friday, citing leaked
U.S.
diplomatic cables, published by WikiLeaks.
At a meeting of international nuclear experts in
Vienna
in
2009, a
U.S.
official said "
Iran
had
now demonstrated centrifuge operations such that it had the technical ability
to produce highly enriched uranium, if it so chose. Consequently, even if
Iran
didn't have a viable commercial capability,
Iran
is
capable of producing significant amounts of low enriched uranium,"
according to the leaked cable.
The production of HEU is generally agreed to be a key phase to being able to
build a nuclear weapon, the paper reports.
Iran
and
key world powers are meeting in
Istanbul
Friday to discuss its nuclear program, which
Iran
says
is purely for domestic energy production.
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