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The Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz. (AP Archives) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:32 15/12/2007 Report: Germany expelled Iran diplomat who sought nuke parts By Reuters Tags: Iran, uranium enrichment  BERLIN - Germany expelled an Iranian diplomat in July after he tried to acquire components for the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program, a magazine reported on Saturday. The Der Spiegel weekly said the expulsion came after the diplomat contacted a specialist firm in the southern state of Bavaria to buy a systems control component which would be essential in the enrichment of uranium. The magazine cited no sources but identified the consulate attache involved as "Mohraramali D". Advertisement The Foreign Ministry declined to comment. Authorities in Tehran were not immediately available to comment. The magazine did not say whether the component would have been for high-grade enrichment, for bomb material, or low-grade enrichment, which Iran says it carries out to make power plant fuel. Iran denies it wants a nuclear bomb and says its atomic work is aimed at boosting civilian power generation. The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on Iran for failing to comply to demands to suspend its uranium enrichment, a process the West believes Tehran is trying to master to enable it to build nuclear weapons. European Union leaders on Friday reiterated their support for possible additional sanctions against Iran if it does not stop enrichment work. The EU has also offered support if Tehran does give it up. However, a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate this month said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003 Bookmark to del.icio.us Groundbreaking discovery Israeli research is among '50 most significant scientific breakthroughs in 2007.' Floating the PA International donors pledged $7.4 billion to help boost the PA economy .   1.   Report???! 15:48  |  sausage 15/12/07   2.   Iran is entitled to enrich under NPT. EU is wrong here 17:16  |  John 15/12/07   3.   @sausage 17:19  |  eye-opener 15/12/07   4.   No evidence only hearsay 17:32  |  Paul Wood 15/12/07   5.   Just Wondering 17:33  |  Cool B 15/12/07   6.   @Cool B 19:18  |  German 15/12/07   7.   Germany playing to the gallery! this is the Bollinger effect! 19:30  |  lakshmi 15/12/07   8.   Story of a Pakistani Spy 21:31  |  dea 15/12/07   9.   Why do you think CoolB 21:42  |  joki 15/12/07   10.   Der Spiegel 21:50  |  d 15/12/07   11.   should have been executed 23:09  |  patel 15/12/07   12.   Earth to Haaretz, Earth to Haaretz 23:54  |  Mark Lincoln 15/12/07   13.   Stop the Mullah regime now 00:05  |  Markus Grafenburg 16/12/07   14.   Iran is going for a Nuke and the world better wake up 00:48  |  Kipperraes 16/12/07   15.   dea #8 04:14  |  JJ 16/12/07   16.   #7 04:50  |  Moshe 16/12/07   17.   Expelling will only mean he will try elsewhere 06:30  |  Chick 16/12/07   18.   #16 22:16  |  Albert Bakker 16/12/07   19.   Germany, nuke parts 00:53  |  Markus 17/12/07   20.   Kip, such a wooos. 03:14  |  joebhed 17/12/07   21.   Exile group says Iran still pursuing nuclear arms 00:36  |  Elizabeth Richmond 18/12/07

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