LONDON, March 14 (UPI) -- An Iranian exile group claims Tehran has a deadline of 2005 to reach a capability to produce nuclear weapons, the Middle East Newsline reported.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in London the Iranian government decided to resume uranium enrichment at undisclosed facilities and accelerated its effort to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
The council said Iranian leadership made the decisions after Iranian National Security Adviser Hassan Rowhani met with the International Atomic Energy Agency in October.
Alireza Jafarzadeh, a leading resistance council member, said the Iranian leadership met in early 2004 after the Pakistan nuclear network of Abdul Qadeer Khan became known. The network was reported to have provided technology, plans and components for the nuclear programs of Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Jafarzadeh said secret facilities were prepared to continue with uranium enrichment after the IAEA sought to inspect such facilities as Arak, which contains a heavy-water plant, and Natanz, with its hundreds of centrifuges.
