"WASHINGTON Near Natanz in central Iran, 160 newly minted centrifuges stand in neat rows inside a nuclear complex that the United States and other countries were surprised to learn about seven months ago. This year, they will begin spinning hot uranium gas into nuclear fuel."
"In a nearby building, workers are assembling parts for 1,000 more centrifuges, part of 5,000 machines that will be linked in a vast uranium-enrichment plant under construction. When the project is completed in 2005, Iran will be capable of producing enough enriched uranium for several nuclear bombs each year. ...
I don't believe for one minute that the Iranians achieved the ability to enrich Uranium on their own. They had help from the outside.
"But the American daily quoted what it described as U.N. documents and diplomatic sources as saying that Iran has admitted for the first time that it received substantial foreign help in building its Natanz facility." ...