Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 32

09-August-2004

IRAN

Irans Centrifuge Work Returns Nuclear Issue To Political Agenda

Iran has resumed work on the development of centrifuges used to upgrade uranium, reviving doubts about Tehrans intentions in acquiring nuclear power technology. Iran has resumed the manufacture of components and the assembly of centrifuges, overturning a pledge to suspend its work on uranium enrichment made last autumn (MEES, 27 October 2003). While the suspension...