Iran nuclear growth concern

THE UN atomic agency thinks Iran could have 8,000 centrifuges enriching uranium by December, a significant rise in nuclear capability likely to fuel fears that Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons, diplomats said yesterday.

“The concern is that they will have a sensitive number of centrifuges without having resolved the question marks surrounding the history of Iran’s programme,” said a diplomat close to the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

“It becomes more sensitive the more they have. It becomes a greater proliferation concern.”