Diplomat: Iran needs uranium for hospitals
Middle East • November 2009 • Views: 236
“…A top Iranian diplomat has said his nation needs enriched uranium to power some 200 hospitals and insisted “guarantees” were needed before they could consider a storage deal with Turkey.”
“Ali Asghar Soltanieh, chief Iranian delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview with Der Spiegel released Saturday that Iran desperately needed more uranium to produce isotopes for medical purposes…”
…and for nuclear weapons.