05.12.2004, 22:06
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NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran has asserted that the United States sought to entrap the Islamic republic into purchasing equipment required for the assembly of nuclear weapons.
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said it has foiled a plot by the CIA to entice Teheran into signing a contract for gas centrifuges used for the enrichment of uranium, a key process for the production of an atomic bomb. The ministry said an Iranian national was placed as the head of a bogus company that initiated talks with Teheran for the sale of centrifuges.
"Asghar C, who has a past of spying for foreigners, was seeking to make centrifuges with a fictitious contract and under the name of a false company," the Intelligence Ministry said in a statement on Dec. 3.
Officials said the Iranian suspect offered the government a supply of centrifuges and sought to entice Iran into signing a contract. They said the United States then planned to publicize the contract in an attempt to demonstrate that Iran had violated its pledge to suspend uranium enrichment.