Iran Responds To Condemnation By Building More Nuclear Plants
News reports have surfaced of Iran's plans to construct 10 new nuclear plants. According to Iranian officials, the reason given for the planned construction stems from too much monitoring by the U.N., which they say forced them to stop all other enrichment activities and instead strongly focus on the construction of ten new uranium enrichment plants. All ten plants are supposed to be operational by 2030, with the capacity of producing 20,000 megawatts of electricity, although experts are skeptical about the feasibility of this plan.
Iran’s Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi said they were left with no choice than to stand against the demands of 5 + 1 nations, U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany, to send almost all of their uranium to other countries for further enrichment. In a statement Salahi said:
"We had no intention of building many facilities like the Natanz site but apparently the West doesn't want to understand Iran's peaceful message.The action by 5+1 [the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany] at the IAEA prompted the [Iranian] government to approve a proposal to build 10 sites like that of Natanz."
Critics of Iran's nuclear program suggest this latest announcement is simply an effort to provoke a political reaction, and the reality of achieving the proposed 10 plants are beyond Iran's capabilities.
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