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Mon 11 Nov 2009Defiant Iran plans to build 10 nuclear plants
TEHRAN – Iran announced plans yesterday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic programme, just two days after the UN nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret.
The defiant move by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government will further aggravate tensions between the Islamic Republic and major powers over Iranian nuclear activities, and may accelerate calls for more UN sanctions against Tehran.
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