Iran strikes secret nuclear mining deal with Zimbabwe's Mugabe regime

[jpak]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/7628750/Iran-strikes-secret-nuclear-mining-deal-with-Zimbabwes-Mugabe-regime.html

Iran has struck a secret deal with Zimbabwe to mine its untapped uranium reserves in a move to secure raw material for its steadily expanding nuclear programme.

The agreement was sealed last month during a visit to Tehran by a close aide to Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president who last weekend celebrated 30 years in power, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

In return for supplying oil, which Zimbabwe desperately needs to keep its faltering economy moving, Iran has been promised access to potentially huge deposits of uranium ore – which can be converted into the basic fuel for nuclear power or enriched to make a nuclear bomb.

"Iran secured the exclusive uranium rights last month when minister of state for Presidential affairs, Didymus Mutasa visited Tehran," said a Zimbabwean government source. "That is when the formal signing of the deal was made, away from the glare of the media."

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repeat after me - there is no connection between nuclear power and nuclear weapons...nope...nope...nope...

[notadmblnd]

1. Not much of a secret now, is it?

[Better Today]

2. There can be a connection between NP and NW, but it isn't a given at all.

And with our own lack of co-operation regarding open disclosures and inspections of our facilities, I don't think we have a leg to stand on here. I realize that doesn't mean anything as the USA Bully will continue to exert pressure while ignoring it's own failures to comply.

[jaxx]

3. Yellow cake again?

Some of these stories seem like repeats.

[David__77]

4. Always "regime" when it's "bad," "government" when it's good.

This is an improper means of being pejorative for editorial purposes.