Photo: (May. 8) - A CIA report concluded that international sanctions have not significantly slowed work at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment complex, shown in 2007 (Majid/Getty Images).From Global Security Newswire:
A CIA report issued to Congress in March warns that economic penalties have done little to slow Iranian nuclear activities that could support nuclear-weapon development, the Washington Times reported yesterday (see GSN, May 7).
"During the reporting period [2008], Iran continued to expand its nuclear infrastructure and continued uranium enrichment and activities related to its heavy-water research reactor, despite multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions since late 2006 calling for the suspension of those activities," says the report, which was authored by the CIA Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center and endorsed by the National Intelligence Council.
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My Comment: Not a comforting report when one accepts the realization that Iran is dedicated to developing nuclear technologies and (I can assume) nuclear weapons.