[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14127-14128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IRAN ACCELERATES NUCLEAR PROGRAM

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Madam Speaker, on Friday, the International Atomic Energy 
Agency submitted a report on the Iranian nuclear program. After 
producing low-enriched uranium at a rate of 40 kilograms per month over 
a 21-month period, Iran has now increased its stockpile by 60 percent 
in just the last 6 months, doubling its rate to over 80 kilograms per 
month.
  With 5,000 centrifuges now active, Iran is producing enough enriched 
uranium to produce two nuclear weapons per year, one for them, one for 
Hezbollah.
  The IAEA now reports that Iran has denied inspectors access to the 
Arak heavy water reactor since August of 2008, where we suspect they 
will try to produce plutonium.
  Mr. Moussavi, the leading candidate for President in Iran, told Der 
Spiegel,

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I will not suspend uranium enrichment. On April 13 he said to the 
Financial Times, No one will stop suspension.
  No matter who wins the Iranian elections on Friday, we know that the 
production of fissile material useful in this oil-producing country 
only for nuclear weapons is accelerating.

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