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Iran rejects new use for nuclear facility

UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats on Monday reported a setback at talks on Iran’s nuclear program, saying Tehran has resumed rejecting US demands it repurpose a uranium enrichment site.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tehran cited what it said was an Israeli drone shot down last month near another Iranian enrichment site in arguing that it wants to leave the underground facility as an enrichment plant. The United States wants the site shut down or converted because it is dug deep into a mountain. Washington fears it is impervious to air attack. Enrichment can make both reactor fuel and the core of a nuclear weapon. Iran denies it wants nuclear arms.

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In a separate matter Monday, an Iranian newspaper said 11 people were arrested after allegedly sending text messages deemed insulting to the founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Associated Press