Iran N-Site No Surprise for U.S.

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials said Friday that they have known about a newly disclosed Iranian nuclear facility for several years -- possibly as early as 2006 -- and that its dimensions and design all but rule out any civilian nuclear purpose.

The officials said the covert site is about 19 miles north of Qom, and is designed to hold as many as 3,000 centrifuges, enough to provide fissile material for a single nuclear weapon each year.

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Iran N-Site No Surprise for U.S.

The facility is "deep underground," a senior U.S. intelligence official said, built inside a mountain at a heavily guarded compound controlled by the Iranian Revolutio...

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