Iran readies its nuke processes, say officials

IRAN is using the last few days before it must stop all uranium enrichment to produce significant quantities of a gas that can be used to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said yesterday.

Iran recently started producing uranium hexafluoride at its gas processing facilities in Isfahan, the diplomats told reporters.

When introduced into centrifuges and spun, the substance can be enriched into weapons-grade uranium that forms the core of nuclear warheads.