07.03.2005, 19:20
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Zitat:Iran Admits keeping nuclear programme secret
LONDON, March 7 (IranMania) - The cleric regime of Iran confirmed Sunday that it initially developed its nuclear programme in secret. Iran blamed American sanctions and European restrictions for denying Tehran access to advanced civilian nuclear technology, forcing it to hide the nuclear programme in its early days and driving the country to the black market for needed materials.
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"True. There was secrecy," former president Hashemi Rafsanjani said Sunday. "But secrecy was necessary to buy equipment for a peaceful nuclear programme."
"If sanctions had not been imposed on us, we would have declared everything publicly, but we had problems buying metal. Nobody sold us anything in the market," he said.
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