Report: Iran Expands Nuclear Program

报告：伊朗扩大浓缩铀行动

Iran is reported to have expanded its nuclear program - despite the threat of United Nations sanctions. Iran's semi-official student news agency (ISNA) says nuclear engineers have begun operating a second network of centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility. The report Friday quotes sources as saying gas had been fed into the second system this week and that the results of the process already had been obtained. The report also says uranium had not yet been put into the system, but could be in the next few days.

On Wednesday, Tehran confirmed it had installed new equipment to step up uranium enrichment work. Britain, France and Germany have proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program and refusal to suspend enrichment activities.

据报导，尽管联合国发出制裁的威胁，伊朗还是扩大了其核项目。伊朗半官方的学生通讯社说，核工程师已经在一个浓缩铀设施开始操作第二组离心系统。报导星期五援引消息人士的话说，工程人员这个星期已经向第二组系统中注入了气体，并已从相关程序中获得了结果。报导还说，他们还没有把铀输入系统中，但是可能会在几天内完成。

德黑兰星期三证实，他们确实安装了新设备，加快浓缩铀的提取工作。英国、法国和德国已经提出一项联合国安理会决议草案。决议草案要求对伊朗实施制裁，惩罚伊朗从事核项目及拒绝中止浓缩铀活动的行为。