Ploughshares Fund grantees debate Iranian enrichment plant

Iran angrily refused Sunday to comply with a demand by the United Nations nuclear agency to cease work on a once-secret nuclear fuel enrichment plant, and escalated the confrontation by declaring it would construct 10 more such plants.  International Atomic Energy Agency voted last week to rebuke the nation, with hardliners China and Russia signing the resolution.   Ploughshares expert Jacqueline Shire analyzed the Chinese and Russian International Atomic Energy Agency resolution in a recent Politico article, while grantees Paul Brannan and David Albright discuss the recent Bulletin of Atomic Scientists article featuring Ivan Oelrich on the Fordow Enrichment Plant.  Albright also commented on Iran’s declaration of the 10-plant goal in a recent New York Times article.