Q&A: Is there a 'right' to enrich uranium? Iran says yes, U.S. no

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By Fredrik Dahl GENEVA (Reuters) - Disagreement over whether Iran has the right under international law to enrich uranium goes to the heart of the decade-old dispute over its nuclear program and has complicated diplomacy to end the standoff. "If you speak about the right to a peaceful nuclear program that's open to interpretation," a diplomat said, without elaborating. Uranium can be used to fuel nuclear power plants - Iran's stated purpose for its atomic energy drive - but can also provide the fissile core of an atomic bomb if processed much further, which the West fears may be Tehran's ultimate aim. Iran denies Western accusations that it is seeking the capability to build nuclear weapons.

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