NotBornYesterday writes “On April 8, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited his country’s secretive nuclear enrichment plant at Natanz for a photo op. What came out of this visit is a series of photos which have caused a fair amount of interest among western scientists. Shown in the photos are not only some of the inner workings of the plant and current generation of enrichment centrifuges, but also key components to newer generations of more effective centrifuges. Analysts are ‘intrigued’ not only by the technical revelations in the pictures, but also because Iran’s Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar accompanied Ahmadinejad through the facility.”

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This entry was posted on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 11:05 pm.
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