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Iran Has Not Abandoned Enrichment Tuesday, November 30, 2004 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran (search) has not abandoned its right to enrich uranium as the suspension it agreed to with the U.N. nuclear agency is for several months, Iran's top nuclear official, Hassan Rowhani, said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Rowhani hailed the resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (search) on Monday which authorized IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei (search) to monitor Iran's commitment to freeze uranium enrichment activities. Such enrichment can produce either low grade fuel for nuclear reactors or the raw material for atomic weapons. The resolution followed a...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian scientists said on Thursday they had revised the magnitude of an earthquake that struck the southeastern city of Bam last Friday to about 6.8 from the previously reported 6.3 on the Richter scale. The Housing and Construction Research Centre said the analysis of 18 monitoring stations in and near the quake zone showed the quake was not only more powerful than first thought but also that its epicentre was directly under the city. The pre-dawn earthquake destroyed most of the buildings in Bam, 1,000 km southeast of Tehran, and killed an estimated 30,000, although some officials...