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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20041026-100139-5203r.htm
New Iranian Uranium Enrichment Facility Disclosed
(Washington Times)Jennifer Joan Lee - The Iranian opposition group that exposed the nation's covert nuclear weapons program two years ago said Tuesday that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the effort to continue in secret. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) also disclosed the existence of a new uranium enrichment facility in central Iran that is nearing completion. Mohammad Mohaddessin, chairman of NCRI's Foreign Affairs Committee, told reporters in Paris that the Iranian regime is "playing a double game" with Europe. "Khamenei has ordered his regime to not only continue the enrichment of uranium, but to buy time and accelerate the project in order to make the bomb as quickly as possible," said Mohaddessin. "Khamenei has ordered his diplomats and his negotiators to prolong the negotiations as much as possible, possibly by between eight and 12 months, which is exactly the time needed to complete the bomb," he said.