AFP AUGUST 10, 2013 Zimbabwe agrees to sell uranium to Iran, media report says Zimbabwe has signed a secret deal to supply Iran with the raw materials needed to develop a nuclear weapon, in breach of international sanctions, The Times reported on Saturday. "I have seen [a memorandum of understanding] to export uranium to the Iranians," Zimbabwean Deputy Mining Minister Gift Chimanikire told the British newspaper. The agreement, which was reportedly signed last year, is likely to cause alarm in Western capitals. The United States and the European Union have imposed crippling sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, which Tehran insists is for peaceful energy uses but which they fear is intended to build a bomb. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/international/zimbabwe-agrees-to-sell-uranium-to-iran-media-report-says
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:09:46 +0000
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