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Iranian opposition accuses Tehran of hiding uranium facility

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AFP: An Iranian opposition group alleged Tuesday that Iran was hiding a uranium enrichment facility in Tehran and aims at getting the atomic bomb next year. The claims by the National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI) come two days after Iran agreed to suspend enrichment in order to defuse international concern about its nuclear program.

UN Panel Calls For Human Rights Reform In Iran

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RFE/RL: A UN General Assembly committee has voted to condemn human rights abuses in Iran, citing a crackdown on media, use of torture, and discrimination against women. The assembly’s human rights committee approved a resolution calling on Iran to carry out widespread reforms required by conventions it has joined. The measure was approved by a
vote of 69 to 55, with 51 abstentions.

Exiles group says Iran has nuclear warhead design

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Reuters: Iran obtained weapons-grade uranium and a nuclear bomb design from a Pakistani scientist who has admitted to selling nuclear secrets abroad, says an exiled Iranian opposition group. The group, which has given accurate information before, also said Iran is secretly enriching uranium at a military site previously unknown to the United Nations, despite promising France, Britain and Germany that it would halt all such work.

Group: Tehran Received Nuke Bomb Drawings

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AP: Iran bought blueprints of a nuclear bomb from the same black-market network that gave Libya such diagrams and continues to enrich uranium despite a commitment to
suspend the technology that can be used for atomic weapons, an Iranian opposition group said Wednesday.

UK Annual Report on Human Rights Condemns Iran

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Radio Farda: United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office published it annual report on human rights on November 10. Jack Straw the British Foreign Secretary presented the report, on the same day, at a press conference at the Foreign office and answered questions from the media. The first chapter of the nine-part report lists twenty countries with critical human rights records.

Iran hiding military nuke site say exiles

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Reuters: Iran’s government is conducting nuclear activities linked to a covert atomic weapons programme at a military site unknown to U.N. inspectors, says an exiled opposition group that has given accurate information before. “We know of a military site where Iran has been carrying out nuclear work,” Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Reuters.

Iran group ‘locates’ weapons site

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CNN: An Iranian opposition group says it has disclosed the location of what it says is a newly discovered nuclear weapons research facility in Tehran. The allegation was made three
days after Iran agreed with European nations to suspend its uranium enrichment program, a move that could improve the Islamic republic’s relations with the West.

Group Says Iran Has Secret Nuclear Arms Program

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New York Times: An Iranian opposition group says it has new evidence that Iran is producing enriched uranium at a covert Defense Ministry facility in Tehran that has not been disclosed to United Nations inspectors. The group, the National Council for Resistance in Iran, is planning to announce its finding in Paris on Wednesday.

Uranium metal may suggest Iran arms plan-diplomats

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Reuters: Plans by Iran to manufacture uranium metal suggest Tehran could have had ambitions to develop capacity for atomic arms production, Western diplomats and a prominent nuclear analyst said on Tuesday.

Iran’s Nuclear Freeze

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Los Angeles Times – EDITORIAL: Sunday’s announcement by Iran that it would suspend its program to enrich uranium might generate more enthusiasm if such promises hadn’t come to seem like a meaningless annual ritual. Iran made the same announcement in October 2003, but evidence shows that it continued other efforts to develop nuclear weapons.