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March 12, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iijfYgMUu7W_-ZKg8BjH5QNTww5QD96S1JA80

Iran Seeks to Buy Banned Carbon Fiber

[AP] George Jahn - Two diplomats say Iran's national car company Khodro planned to purchase large quantities of carbon fiber, which is under UN embargo because it is a component of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Iran has used carbon fiber in the rotors of new, advanced centrifuges known as the IR-2, IR-3 and IR-4, which spin uranium gas to produce enriched uranium. The UN prohibits sales of carbon fiber to Iran for any purpose.

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