Iran began loading fuel into its first-ever nuclear power plant, aided significantly by Russian engineers. Moscow has made a pledge to guard against nuclear material exiting the plant and being used for potential weapons production. The plant itself has been delayed for years, perhaps in part due to concerns in the U.S. and other Western countries that the project was a mere ruse to cover up a covert weapons production plan. While there has been very little resistance to the new plant, the uranium enrichment facilities that would fuel the plant have come under fire.
Said Ali Akbar Salehi, an Iranian official, "Despite all pressure, sanctions and hardships imposed by Western nations, we are now witnessing the startup of the largest symbol of Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities." Work on uranium enrichment in Iran has led to four rounds of U.N. Security Council sanctions which, by all appearances, have done absolutely nothing to slow down Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The U.S. continues to disagree with the existence of the plant and enrichment facilities, even though it is no longer formally opposing the project. U.S. officials have noted that the country should not be rewarded for defying U.N. demands. As for Iran and its ties to Russia, Salehi noted, "I thank the Russian government and nation, which cooperated with the great Iranian nation and registered their name in Islamic Iran’s golden history. Today is a historic day and will be remembered in history." What remains to be seen is what the U.S., and U.S., will now do.
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Said Ali Akbar Salehi, an Iranian official, "Despite all pressure, sanctions and hardships imposed by Western nations, we are now witnessing the startup of the largest symbol of Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities." Work on uranium enrichment in Iran has led to four rounds of U.N. Security Council sanctions which, by all appearances, have done absolutely nothing to slow down Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The U.S. continues to disagree with the existence of the plant and enrichment facilities, even though it is no longer formally opposing the project. U.S. officials have noted that the country should not be rewarded for defying U.N. demands. As for Iran and its ties to Russia, Salehi noted, "I thank the Russian government and nation, which cooperated with the great Iranian nation and registered their name in Islamic Iran’s golden history. Today is a historic day and will be remembered in history." What remains to be seen is what the U.S., and U.S., will now do.
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