Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 12 – Iran is planning to carry out “industrial-scale” uranium enrichment, a senior nuclear official told the government-owned news agency Mehr, a day after hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the Islamic Republic had joined the Nuclear Club. Highly enriched uranium is used in nuclear bombs.

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 12 – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Iran’s commencing of uranium enrichment was “a step in the wrong direction”, Russian news agency Interfax reported.

AFP: Iran can deliver on its threat Tuesday to enrich uranium, said a regime opponent, who claimed the Islamic republic has the know-how and tools to make nuclear bombs within two or three years.

New York Times: One of President Bush’s most senior foreign policy advisers spoke with unusual candor last week about the quandary the White House faces as it tries to confront Iran.

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 12 – The United States said that Iran’s commencing of uranium enrichment was another step by Tehran “in defiance of the international community”.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 11 – Radical Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared on Tuesday that Iran had officially joined the group of countries with nuclear capabilities commonly known as the Nuclear Club.