Iran expands Atomic Work, Defying U.N.

Iran has not only ignored a U.N. Security Council deadline to stop uranium enrichment activity but expanded it, according to a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report. Iran's defiance of another 60-day deadline set by the Council when it imposed a second set of sanctions on March 24 will expose Tehran to tougher penalties over its nuclear work, which the West fears is a front for assembling atom bombs. ‘Iran has not suspended its enrichment-related activities. Iran has continued with the operation of their pilot fuel enrichment plant and with construction of their (planned industrial underground) enrichment plant,’ the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in its report. ‘It has started feeding cascades with UF6 (uranium gas). Iran has also continued with its heavy water-related projects.’