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Iran ’may boost nuclear programme’

Says report; US, UK warn Israel over pre-emptive strike

Agencies
Iran may be poised to expand its nuclear programme at an underground site near the city of Qom, a Viennabased diplomat told the BBC yesterday.
It appears to be ready to install thousands of new-generation centrifuges at the fortified underground plant, the diplomat said.
They could speed up the production of enriched uranium - required for both power generation and nuclear weapons.
This is another warning that Iran may be stepping up its controversial nuclear work, despite increasing international sanctions, says the BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna.
Three days ago, Iran itself said it had advanced its nuclear know-how, including developing centrifuges able to enrich uranium faster.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has not commented.
Its inspectors are due to visit Tehran
this week for another round of talks on Iran's nuclear activities, after they were denied access to certain nuclear sites andscientistsonavisitlastmonth.
Tensions between Iran and Israel also have been simmering with Iranian warships entering the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal in a show of "might", a move Israel said it would closely monitor.
On Saturday, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague warned Iran's nuclear ambitions could trigger a nuclear arms race in the region - where at present the only country believed to possess such weapons is Israel
Instead, there is increasingly feverish media speculation that Israel is planning a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.
On Saturday, Israel's military chief of staff, Lt Gen Benny Gantz told a state TV station the country would ultimately make any decision to strike on
its own, reported AFP news agency, saying it was "the central guarantor of its own security".
Meanwhile, US national security adviser Tom Donilon has arrived in Israel for talks with officials on a range of issues including Iran. An Israeli official said he would meet Netanyahu yesterday afternoon.
Israeli media yesterday quoted a CNN interview with the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, in which he warns that an Israeli military strike on Iran wouldbe "destabilising."
"It's not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran," the Jerusalem Post quoted him as saying in a transcript of the interview to be broadcasted later.
And William Hague yesterday said that Israel would not be "wise" to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, saying it should give the diplomatic route a chance to succeed.