U.S. sees 'troubling' Iran nuclear moves, urges steps by Tehran [View all]

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Source: Reuters

U.S. sees 'troubling' Iran nuclear moves, urges steps by Tehran

VIENNA | Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:53pm EDT

(Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it saw "troubling developments" in Iran's nuclear program and called on the country's new president to take concrete steps soon to ease concerns about Tehran's aims.

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U.S. Ambassador Joseph Macmanus said Washington was ready to work with the new Iranian government "to reach a diplomatic solution that will fully address the international community's concerns" about Iran's nuclear program.

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Macmanus noted that Iran had further expanded its uranium enrichment capacity by continuing to install both advanced and first-generation centrifuges, calling these steps "concerning escalations of an already prohibited activity".

Iran is also making further progress in the construction of a reactor, Arak, that can yield plutonium for bombs, including putting the reactor vessel in place and beginning to make fuel, he said. "All of these are troubling developments," he said.

(Reporting by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Andrew Roche)

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