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U.S. intelligence agencies have been picking up signs of stepped up nuclear cooperation with Russia in recent weeks, The Iran Brief has learned. New contracts, signed in October, between Iranian and Russian entities worry analysts because they involve the transfer of equipment and know-how needed for Iran's clandestine nuclear-weapons program. The U.S. believes some of this equipment will be shipped to Iran in the coming weeks, in violation of Russian government export controls.
U.S. intelligence agencies have also been monitoring progress in building an uranium conversion plant at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center. This was among the projects initiated by Chinese government-owned firms which the Chinese pledged to halt [...]
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