How Iran maneuvers nuclear politics with defiance and strategy
Despite mounting pressure, Iran continues expanding its nuclear activities while expressing willingness for diplomatic engagement in an effort to kill enough time to gain the upper hand in negotiating any future deals with adversaries.
TEHRAN — Iran's atomic chief, Mohammad Eslami, announced this week that his country is planning to complete and operationalize two new nuclear plants, the ISNA news agency reported.
Eslami made the comments at a uranium conversion facility in the central Isfahan province, home to the bulk of Iran's key atomic installations.
The ambitious projects, Eslami said, fall within Iran's Seventh Development Plan, devised and championed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who outlines the Islamic Republic's wider nuclear strategy and its overall foreign policy.
The atomic chief did not specify a time frame for the two facilities' completion, but the Seventh Development Plan, which also covers a wide range of economic, social and technological goals, is set to be completed by 2027.
