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Iranian politics in 2006 were deeply affected by a continuing confrontation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Western world, which demanded that Iran eschew development of uranium enrichment in its nuclear program. The situation deteriorated in January when Iran ended a moratorium on nuclear research agreed upon earlier with the European Union. The Iranians claimed the program was for peaceful purposes and did not contravene the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. An EU delegation negotiating the Iranian nuclear issue reacted by suspending talks with Iran and proposing a referral to the UN Security Council. On January 10, IAEA seals on a research unit were broken and a small centrifuge installed. Meanwhile, Iranian negotiators endeavoured to divert the Europeans from involving the Security Council.
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Upon visiting suspected facilities in February 2003, and with new declarations by Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded that several sensitive technology facilities are either operational, under construction, or planned. The IAEA raised questions regarding possible enrichment activities at the workshops of the Kalaye Electric Company relating to production of centrifuge components. Additionally, Iran admitted to having imported from China 1.8 tons of nuclear material (UF6, UF4 and UO2) used to manufacture uranium metal, which is essential in weapons production. During its meetings with IAEA officials in August 2003, Iran for the first time provided evidence of its technical violations of the NPT by revealing that in the 1990s, it had carried out 113 uranium conversion experiments involving the production of uranium metal from imported UF4 and the production of UF4 from imported UO2, as well as laboratory-scale experiments in the 1980s involving the production of heavy water.
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In February 2003, Iran announced that it had begun mining uranium deposits at Saghand near the central Iranian city of Yazd. Iran prepares Yellow Cake at a site known as Ardekan Nuclear Fuel Unit, in Ardekan near Yazd. It ... has a Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan. Iran's Uranium Enrichment Facility at Natanz and its heavy water reactor near Arak were concealed from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) until 2002.
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An IAEA report in November 2003 provided evidence that Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), had concealed secret nuclear activities for 18 years. Under international pressure, Iran signed the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement on December 18, 2003, agreeing to suspend all uranium-enrichment and reprocessing activities voluntarily, as well as cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in resolving questions regarding Iran's nuclear program. In June 2004, the IAEA rebuked Iran for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear activities, and in November 2004, Iran agreed to suspend most of its uranium enrichment under a deal with the EU. That promise did not last... and since then concerns over Iran's nuclear activities have increased.
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Iran announced last week that it intends to activate a uranium conversion facility near Isfahan (under IAEA safeguards), a step that produces the uranium hexafluoride gas used in the enrichment process. Sources tell Time the IAEA has concluded that Iran actually introduced uranium hexafluoride gas into some centrifuges at an undisclosed location to test their ability to work. That would be a blatant violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which Iran is a signatory.
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On 29 November 2004, the IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution regarding Iran, putting into effect the NPT Safeguards Agreement and forcing Iran to suspend all nuclear-related activities until an investigation takes place. Iranian government officials voluntarily agreed to the resolution, but repeatedly declared that Iran has no intention of completely abandoning its nuclear program as the agreement is temporary.
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