Iranians chasing raw uranium around former Soviet 'republics'

Apparently there's a market for raw uranium in Kazakhstan.

Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. The assessment is heightening international concern about Tehran's nuclear activities, diplomats said.
Such a deal would be significant because, according to an independent research group, Tehran appears to be running out of the material, which it needs to feed its uranium enrichment program.
Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashikbayev denied Wednesday his government was involved, saying that the ex-Soviet nation has fully observed its international obligations. 'All Kazakhstan's activities in the uranium sphere have been under the IAEA control,' he told the AP.

"have been under the IAEA control"... uh -huh, suuuuuuure...

By: Brant