Iran Said To Complete Underground Nuclear Enrichment Plant

Iran Said To Complete Underground Nuclear Enrichment Plant
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. The village of Fordo _ which is hailed by Iranians for the greatest per capita losses during the 1980s war with Iraq _ was chosen to symbolize Iran's next move in its nuclear brinksmanship: An underground uranium enrichment site that could begin operations by early next year.(AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File) NO SALES
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. The village of Fordo _ which is hailed by Iranians for the greatest per capita losses during the 1980s war with Iraq _ was chosen to symbolize Iran's next move in its nuclear brinksmanship: An underground uranium enrichment site that could begin operations by early next year.(AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File) NO SALES

Intelligence officials from several countries say Iran in recent weeks has virtually completed an underground nuclear enrichment plant, racing ahead despite international pressure and heavy economic sanctions in what experts say may be an effort to give it leverage in any negotiations with the United States and its allies.

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