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South Africa to Sell Uranium to Iran


(Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post) Gideon Alon- South African Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and his Iranian counterpart Rear-Admiral Ali Shamkhani signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday on bilateral cooperation. The agreement included an arrangement for South Africa to sell uranium to Iran, Israel's Channel 1 TV reported. Lekota reportedly said that making peaceful use of nuclear energy is the legitimate right of the Islamic Republic. Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser, the head of Military Intelligence's research department, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that Iran is expected to have full nuclear ability by early 2007.
2004-08-18 00:00:00
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