08/31/12: Al Jazeera reports a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency shows Iran has doubled the capacity of its Fordo nuclear facility in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions and sanctions. The report, circulated to IAEA member states on Thursday but not published, showed that Iran now has around 2,000 uranium-enrichment centrifuges installed at Fordo, compared with around 1,000 in May. The report also said the IAEA’s ability to inspect the Parchin military base where it suspects nuclear weapons research has taken place had been “significantly hampered” by a suspected clean-up. Iran has maintained that its nuclear program is civilian and has denied it is trying to make a nuclear bomb; a claim virtually no one in the world believes at this point.

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