Palestinian Ambassador to UNESCO Monir Anastas said the 'inscription is a message of hope to our people in Gaza, who are fleeing bombs with no shelter, no food or water'
The newspaper published images on its website which appear to show steam rising from forced air coolers, suggesting heavy-water production at the plant, which has been closed to international inspectors for 18 months.
Heavy water is required in plutonium-producing reactors and that raises alarms that Teheran is seeking a second path to obtain the bomb.
Stuart Ray of consultancy firm McKenzie Intelligence Services told the paper that the images, commissioned from commercial satellite operators, suggested that the heavily-guarded facility was ‘operational’.
World powers and Iran on Tuesday exchanged offers at talks in Kazakhstan aimed at breaking a decade of deadlock over Teheran’s disputed nuclear drive.
International efforts have so far been concentrated on the Islamic Republic’s attempts to enrich uranium, but the Telegraph insists that the new evidence shows it is developing a ‘Plan B’.
According to the paper, western governments have known about activity at Arak for some time.
Plutonium is produced as part of the mix in spent nuclear fuel, along with unused uranium.
To make plutonium usable, a reprocessing plant is needed to separate it from the other materials in spent fuel. It can then be embedded into the core of a nuclear weapon.
North Korea has recently developed such technology and experts fear Iran may follow suit, triggering responses from its foes.
‘Some think Israel’s red line for military action is before Arak comes online,’ said Mark Fitzpatrick, a former US State Department official at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
‘The option of a military strike on an operating reactor would present enormous complications because of the radiation that would be spread,’ he explained in comments published by the Telegraph.
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been barred from the site since August 2011 and Iran has rebuffed appeals for information about the facility.
Teheran denies it is developing nuclear weapons and wants the world to respect what it says is its right to enrich uranium — something current UN sanctions say it cannot do because of its refusal to cooperate with nuclear inspectors.
Iran already has a nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr — built with Russian help — but Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described atomic weapons as a sin.
Palestinian Ambassador to UNESCO Monir Anastas said the 'inscription is a message of hope to our people in Gaza, who are fleeing bombs with no shelter, no food or water'
The said delays are expected between the intersection of Hatta Road and Al Ain Road towards Abu Dhabi
Veerendra Kumar said he was cheated by a job agent who had promised him a job in Qatar but sent him to Saudi
The government authority announced the road closure on social media platform X
Around 800,000 passengers are expected to be affected over the weekend as the damage is heavy and labour-intensive to repair
A total of 17 candidates secured the All India Rank (AIR) 1 as per the final results while earlier the number was 67
Authority said the exercise will involve movement of military vehicles and urged residents to stay away from designated areas
'I am proud of you. This is going to be historic,' the former first lady told Harris in a live video call