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Iran to get uranium from Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe to sell uranium to Iran,  Telegraph, bu Aislinn Laing, 6 Mar 11, Zimbabwe is to defy United Nations sanctions in a deal to sell uranium to Iran

Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Zimbabwe‘s foreign minister, said the sanctions – which prohibit member states from providing Iran with raw materials that it could use to make a nuclear weapon – were unfair and hypocritical.

He said that Zimbabwe, which is also the subject of sanctions over human rights abuses perpetrated by President Robert Mugabe’s supporters, would benefit economically from the agreement.

A leaked intelligence report suggests Iran will be awarded with exclusive access to Zimbabwe’s uranium in return for providing the country with fuel……. Zimbabwe to sell uranium to Iran – Telegraph

March 7, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international, Uranium