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Thursday 31 January 2013 - 18:30
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Defiant Iran plans to speed up nuclear fuel work

steps-iran-nuclear-program.nIran news headlines on Thursday include Iran planning to upgrade uranium equipment at Natanz;Russian Foreign Minister urging Iran tofreeze its uranium enrichment program;Iran and HezbollahcondemningIsraeli airstrike on Syria;EU official confident Iran nuclear talks to resume; Afghan army fuel sales and breaking Iran sanctionsand Iran Navy launchinga three-day exercise in the Persian Gulf.
 
Iran plans to upgrade uranium equipment at Natanz
Iranhas informed the U.N. nuclear agency that it plans to use more modern uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz plant, according to a document made available to Reuters on Thursday.

Such a step could enableIranto refine uranium faster than it can at the moment and increase concerns in Western states andIsraelabout the goals of Tehran's nuclear program, which they fear has military aims. Iran says its work is peaceful.

 
Russia urges Iran again to halt nuclear enrichment
Russia and other UN Security Council members have again urged Iran to freeze its uranium enrichment program, after Tehran announced plans to install new centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

Iran, Hezbollah slam Israeli airstrike on Syria
LebanonsHezbollahand its backerIrancondemned Thursday a recent Israeli airstrike on a military target inSyriaas Russia said it was taking urgent measures to confirm the incident had indeed taken place.

Hezbollah strongly condemns this new Zionist [Israeli] aggression on Syria, the resistance group said in a statement, describing the attack as a barbaric move by the Jewish state.

 
EU official confident Iran nuclear talks to resume
Britain's foreign secretary said Thursday that he welcomed the surprise declaration by the top leader of the Syrian opposition that he would negotiate with members of President Bashar Assad's regime in an effort to end the nearly two-year civil war, which the U.N. says has killed more than 60,000 people.

 
Afghan army fuel sales may have broken Iran sanctions
US funds may have served to buy fuel for Afghan security forces from Iran in direct contravention of Americas economic sanctions on Tehran, a US watchdog warned Wednesday.

And the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction urged the Pentagon to boost oversight of how US money is being spent, particularly amid moves to direct funds straight to Kabul.

 
Iran Navy starts 3-day drills in Persian Gulf
The Iranian Navy on Wednesday launched a three-day exercise in the Persian Gulf to rehearse rapid deployment in crisis, the Press TV said.

The drills, codenamed Fath (Victory) 91, aim to assess the combat readiness of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Marines, as well as air defense, naval patrol, and missile units, IRGC Navy commander Rear Admiral Seifollah Bakhtiarvand said.

 

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