Iran steps up nuclear sabre-rattling

A guard outside the controversial Bushehr nuclear plant.

 Iran’s president on Monday signed a bill to continue uranium enrichment, and limit cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, as officials announce the scaling up of the country’s nuclear power capacity.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signed the law on Safeguarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Achievements, which calls for continued enrichment of uranium to 20 percent level, Iranian news agency IRNA reported.

Under the law, the government is “obliged to continue its efforts to produce fuel for the Tehran research reactor as well as continue the 20 percent enrichment (of uranium)... and to produce the fuel plates required for the reactor."

At the same time, it allows for the cooperation “with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) only under the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty's (NPT) general regulations."

It prohibits any cooperation beyond the NPT requirements, according to the English language Press TV website.

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