The claim, confirming an earlier Israeli allegation, is certain to heighten tensions with the United States, amid allegations from Washington that Iran is making rapid progress in a clandestine program to build nuclear warheads.

President Bush included Iran among the infamous "axis of evil" nations, along with Iraq and North Korea. We have warned our readers about Iranian intentions from time to time in The Good News. Although both the European Union and the United Nations have pressed Iran to allow nuclear inspections, there is little evidence that the Islamic nation has heeded.

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(Source: The Guardian.)