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26 August 2006

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, inaugurates a heavy-water nuclear facility in the central Iranian town of Arak, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006. The heavy-water production plant went into operation despite U.N. demands that Iran roll back its nuclear program. Tehran says is for peaceful purposes but Western countries fear could eventually be used to develop a nuclear bomb. (AP Photo/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, walks with Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh, who also heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, right, during the inauguration ceremony of a heavy-water production plant, which went into operation despite U.N. demands that Iran roll back its nuclear program, in the central Iranian town of Arak, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006. Iran's hardline president declared Saturday that his nation's controversial nuclear program poses no threat to any other country, even Israel "which is a definite enemy." (AP Photo/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

An aerial view of a heavy-water production plant, which went into operation despite U.N. demands that Iran roll back its nuclear program, in the central Iranian town of Arak, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Saturday, after the inauguration of the plant, that his nation's controversial nuclear program poses no threat to any other country, even Israel "which is a definite enemy." (AP Photo/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

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25 August 2006

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0608240188aug24,1,1982129.story

Chicago Tribune, August 24, 2006

U.S. Cold War gift: Iran nuclear plant

By Sam Roe

[Excerpts]

In the heart of Tehran sits one of Iran's most important nuclear facilities, a dome-shaped building where scientists have conducted secret experiments that could help the country build atomic bombs. It was provided to the Iranians by the United States.

The Tehran Research Reactor represents a little-known aspect of the international uproar over the country's alleged weapons program. Not only did the U.S. provide the reactor in the 1960s as part of a Cold War strategy, America also supplied the weapons-grade uranium needed to power the facility--fuel that remains in Iran and could be used to help make nuclear arms.

Iran's nuclear program can be traced to the Cold War era, when the U.S. provided nuclear technology to its allies, including Iran. In 1953, the CIA secretly helped overthrow Iran's democratically elected prime minister and restore the Shah of Iran to power.

Eyeballing the Tehran Nuclear Research Center Staff members, enter Tehran's nuclear research reactor at the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization's headquarters, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Tehran's nuclear research reactor at the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization's headquarters, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 21, 2003. A deadline for Iran to prove that it isn't building nuclear weapons expired on Friday Oct. 31, 2003, but the U.N. nuclear agency said it planned no special action because it was still analyzing documents handed over last week by Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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An unidentified Russian technician rides his bicycle in front of the main reactor of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. Iran and Russia have agreed in principle to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture, a breakthrough in a proposal that it is hoped will appease global concerns that Iran wants to build nuclear weapons. But it is still not known whether Iran will entirely give up enrichment on its own soil, a top demand of the West. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)	A reactor building of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Russia signed a nuclear fuel agreement Sunday, paving the way for Iran to get its first reactor up and running. The signing, which was delayed by a day, came after the two senior officials toured the $800 million complex. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Two Iranian security officers, stand guard at the gate of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, Sunday Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Russia signed a nuclear fuel agreement Sunday, paving the way for Iran to get its first reactor up and running. The signing, which was delayed by a day, came after the two senior officials toured the $800 million complex. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)	A reactor building of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Russia signed a nuclear fuel agreement Sunday, paving the way for Iran to get its first reactor up and running. The signing, which was delayed by a day, came after the two senior officials toured the $800 million complex. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian female paramilitary militias (Basiji) parade, in front of supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005. Khamenei said Friday Iran wants to enrich its own uranium extracted from its mine to produce fuel for its nuclear reactors and doesn't want to depend on foreign countries for nuclear fuel. (AP Photo/Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNA)	Workers of the Izhora factory stand, in heavy snowfall, in front of the reactor body made for Iran during a ceremony at the Izhora factory in St. Petersburg, Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. The ceremony was dedicated to completion of the 317-ton, cylindrical reactor body for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant. The only Russian factory capable of making a complete nuclear reactor on Friday shipped its first reactor body to Iran, part of a project that has raised strong U.S. protests. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
A desk is set for a joint press conference between the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, and the head of Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency, Alexander Rumyantsev, which was postponed in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005. Iran and Russia postponed on Saturday the signing of a key deal to supply Iran with fuel for its first nuclear reactor, and officials from the two countries were holding new talks, apparently to resolve last-minute differences. At rear is a picture of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)	Reactor building of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. Iran's nuclear chief said Sunday that Tehran had agreed in principle on Moscow's offer to host Iran's uranium enrichment program, Russian news reports said. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, who heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said he and Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko "agreed in principle on the Russian offer, but details still need to be worked out," the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
** FILE ** The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. Countries close to Iran, including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, have focused on safety issues, the threat of a possible regional arms race and the threat of a crisis with the West that spills over. But Arab countries farther away from Iran have insisted that the United States and Europe should not pressure Iran over its program unless they also put pressure on Israel to end its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)	A Russian and an Iranian technician work at the building of the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. Iran's nuclear chief said Sunday that Tehran had agreed in principle on Moscow's offer to host Iran's uranium enrichment program, Russian news reports said. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, who heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said he and Russian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko "agreed in principle on the Russian offer, but details still need to be worked out," the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of Tehran Tuesday, March 11, 2003. Iran's first nuclear power plant, which the United States claims can be used to make nuclear bombs, is nearing completion and all major components are installed, Iranian officials said Tuesday.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)	This satellite image taken by QuickBird satellite, July 6, 2002, shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant, dome in top center, in Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of Tehran. Iran's first nuclear power plant, which the United States claims can be used to make nuclear bombs, is nearing completion and all major components are installed, Iranian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Digitalglobe, HO)
Part of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen in Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of Tehran Tuesday, March 11, 2003. Iran's first nuclear power plant, which the United States claims can be used to make nuclear bombs, is nearing completion and all major components are installed, Iranian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)	The main building of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) southwest of Tehran Tuesday, March 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Technicians, measure part of the reactor of Iran's Boushehr nuclear power plant, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, in this undated photo released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Sunday Aug. 22 2004. Iran said Sunday it was planning to build more nuclear power plants with Russian help, ignoring U.S. concerns that byproducts from the plants could be used to manufacture atomic bombs. (AP Photo/Iranian Atomic Energy Organization)	The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. (AP Photo/str)
The interior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. (AP Photo/Fars News Agancy)	The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. (AP Photo/Fars News Agancy)