Iran to resume nuclear fuel research

IRAN has decided to resume research into nuclear fuel production, but would not enrich uranium, a top official said yesterday.

Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, said the country had suffered a lot from its suspension of such research during the past two and a half years and that it could no longer keep its scientists from doing this type of work.

Mr Saeedi did not say what nuclear activity Iran would now resume, but he said no decision had been made to resume uranium enrichment.