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Defiant Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad jeers, ‘Any finger which is about to pull the trigger will be cut off.’ He asserts that it is ‘pointless for the international community to impose sanctions against Iran.’ The bombastic leader scoffs off the ‘global consensus against the nation’s nuclear program, and said threats of isolating [...]

According to Western diplomats, Iran promised ‘to send about 80 percent of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for processing and return to Tehran to replenish dwindling fuel stocks for a reactor in the capital that produces isotopes for cancer care.’ Iran’s low-enriched uranium stocks total around 1.5 metric tons. [...]