Report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium

[Jazzy]

VIENNA -Diplomats are concerned about an intelligence report that says Iran is trying to import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions.

Such a deal would be significant because Tehran appears to be running out of that material, which it needs to feed its uranium enrichment program.

A summary of the report obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday said the deal could be completed within weeks. It said Tehran was willing to pay $450 million, or close to 315 million euros, for the shipment.

An official from the country that drew up the report said Kazakh government employees acting on their own were behind the deal. The official demanded anonymity in exchange for discussing intelligence matters.

After-hours calls put in to offices of Kazatomprom, the Kazak state uranium company, in Kazakhstan and Moscow, were not answered. There was no immediate reaction from Tehran.

Iran is under three sets of Security Council sanctions for refusing to freeze its enrichment program and related activities that could be used to make nuclear weapons. Tehran denies such aspirations.

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[fuzzywuzzy]

Intelligence report? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

gotta love those things.:wah::wah::wah:

[Nomad]

I like the direction our military is taking in Somalia, Yemen and Afghanistan. Understanding 30,000 troops will be converging on the Afghans soon, prior to their arrival were having success with a handful of special ops personel. Theyre hunting the bad guys down where they live, eliminating unneeded civilian casualties.

These guys are making an impact and terminating the true source of the worlds problems with extreme prejudice.

Seems like a good solution to reverse the horrible solutions weve been having no success with.

Could work in Iran too.