Iran dismisses report it faces raw uranium shortage

Iran dismissed on Wednesday a British newspaper report that the Islamic Republic was running short of raw uranium for a nuclear program the West fears has military aims.

The Times said last month Western powers believed Iran was facing a shortfall of raw uranium and were urging producer nations not to sell it to Tehran.
“Such news has been raised by the media with no scientific basis,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi told a news conference when asked about the report. “The news has been the product of a few analyses and guesswork and articles.”

Iran says its nuclear work is aimed at generating electricity so that the world’s fourth-largest crude producer can export more of its oil and gas, rejecting Western accusations the program is a cover for making bombs.

Reuters