Russia To Give Iran 85 Tons Of Enriched Uranium

No worries folks, because the NIE said that the Iranians have nothing but the best intentions for their nuclear program. No one's really sure why they're enriching their own uranium even though Russia is supplying them with more than enough to keep their program going. But it's definitely definitely definitely not anything but peaceful:
The report said 11 tons of fuel arrived at the Bushehr power plant, just two days after Iran received its third Russian shipment on Friday. Russia has reportedly pledged to give Iran a total of 85 tons of fuel for the plant... Iran has said Bushehr, the country's first nuclear reactor, will begin operating in the summer of 2008, producing half of its 1,000 megawatt capacity of electricity. Teheran heralded the first shipment as a victory, saying it proved its nuclear program was peaceful and not a cover for weapons development as the US has claimed. The United States and Russia have said the supply of nuclear fuel meant Iran had no need to continue its uranium enrichment program - a process that can provide fuel for a reactor or fissile material for a bomb. Iran has agreed with Russia to return the spent fuel to ensure it doesn't extract plutonium to build a bomb. Iran insisted it would continue enriching uranium because it needed to provide fuel to a 300-megawatt light-water reactor it was building in the southwestern town of Darkhovin.
This from a country that floats on a sea of oil.
References:
* 4th Russian fuel shipment reaches Iran [JPost]
Previously:
* Russia Gives Iran Cutting-Edge Anti-Ship Missiles To Give To Hezbollah
* Iran: Israeli Self-Defense is a Cause for War
* Purdue Nuclear Strategy Expert: Bomb Iran Now





