Iran to Conceal Nuke Plants in Mountains

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran said on Monday it is considering plans to build two new uranium enrichment plants concealed inside mountains to avert air strikes, drawing condemnation from the United States.

The announcement from Iran’s atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi came soon after top US General David Petraeus warned that Washington would now pursue a “pressure track” against Iran to thwart its galloping nuclear program.

World powers suspect Iran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.  Enriched uranium can be used as fuel to power nuclear reactors or in a highly refined form to produce the fissile core of an atom bomb.  [Read More]