Iran Military Warns of New World War if Attacked

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A Netherlands Newspaper reported that Holland Intelligence Agencies have been working closely with the U.S.for a planned attack on on Iran's nuclear and weapons facilities. In related news, Israeli vice president Shaul Mofaz said, an Israeli attack is inevitable if Iran continues its quest for atomic weapons.

A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a new world war.

The Israeli paper Ma'ariv, whether the United States and Western countries succeed in stopping the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions diplomatically, with sanctions, or a strike on Iran is eventually decided upon, Jerusalem is preparing for a separate military strike, claiming the window of opportunity is until 2010.

Iran is under international pressure to halt uranium enrichment, a process which lies at the core of fears about Iran's nuclear programme as it can make nuclear fuel as well as the fissile core of an atom bomb

Iran has increased the number of operating centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant to 4,000, a top official said Friday, pushing ahead with its nuclear program despite threats of new UN sanctions.

The number was up from the 3,000 centrifuges that Iran announced in November that it was operating at its plant in the central city of Natanz. Still, it is well below the 6,000 it said last year that it would operate by summer 2008, suggesting the program may be behind schedule.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar, who visited Natanz last week, said Friday that Iran was preparing to install more centrifuges, though he did not offer a timeframe.

"Right now, nearly 4,000 centrifuges are operating at Natanz," Attar told the state news agency IRNA. "Currently, 3,000 other centrifuges are being installed."

Iran says it plans to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment that will ultimately involve 54,000 centrifuges.

The United Nations has already imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran for its refusal to freeze its enrichment program, which can be used to produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or the material needed for a nuclear warhead.

In the process, uranium gas is spun in a series of centrifuges known as "cascades" to purify it. Lower levels of enrichment produce reactor fuel - which Iran says is the sole purpose of the program - but higher grades can build a weapon.

The United States and its allies are likely to press the United Nations later this year for a new round of sanctions after Iran rejected a package of economic and technological incentives in return for suspending enrichment.




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