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(a) "Sanctions Committee" means the Committee of the United Nations Security Council which was established pursuant to paragraph 18 of UNSCR 1737 (2006); (b) "technical assistance" means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; including verbal forms of assistance; (c) the term "goods" includes items, materials and equipment; (d) the term "technology" includes software; (e) "investment" means acquisition or extension of a participation in enterprises, including the acquisition in full of such enterprises and the acquisition of shares and securities of a participating nature; (f) "brokering services" means activities of persons, entities and partnerships acting as intermediaries by buying, selling or arranging the transfer of goods and technology, or negotiating or arranging transactions that involve the transfer of goods or technology; (g) "funds" means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to: -
(i) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments; (ii) deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations; (iii) publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts; (iv) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets; (v) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments; (vi) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; and (vii) documents showing evidence of an interest in funds or financial resources;
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(h) "freezing of funds" means preventing any moving, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management; (i) "economic resources" means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but which may be used to obtain funds, goods or services; (j) "freezing of economic resources" means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them; (k) "territory of the Community" means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace.
Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 of 19 April 2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran
Modified by
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 441/2007of20 April 2007amending Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran, 307R0441, April 21, 2007
- Council Decisionof 23 April 2007implementing Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran(2007/242/EC), 307D0242, April 24, 2007
- Council Regulation (EC) No 618/2007of 5 June 2007amending Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran, 307R0618, June 6, 2007
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(a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, the following goods and technology, whether or not originating in the Community, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Iran: -
(i) all goods and technology contained in the Nuclear Suppliers Group and Missile Technology Control Regime lists. These goods and technology are listed in Annex I; (ii) other goods and technology determined by the Sanctions Committee or the United Nations Security Council as goods and technology which could contribute to Iran's enrichment-related, reprocessing, or heavy water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems. These goods and technology are also listed in Annex I;
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(b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibition referred to in point (a).
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(a) Iran's enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy water-related activities; (b) the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems by Iran; or (c) the pursuit by Iran of activities related to other topics about which the IAEA has expressed concerns or identified as outstanding.
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(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union, or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of goods included in that list, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Iran; (b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to the goods and technology listed in Annex I, or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of goods listed in Annex I, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Iran; (c) to provide investment to enterprises in Iran engaged in the manufacture of goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union or in Annex I; (d) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union or in Annex I, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for any provision of related technical assistance to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Iran; (e) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities, the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in points (a) to (d).
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(a) technical assistance, or brokering services related to, goods and technology listed in Annex II and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of these items, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Iran; (b) investment to enterprises in Iran engaged in the manufacture of goods and technology as listed in Annex II; (c) financing or financial assistance related to goods and technologies referred to in Annex II, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of these items, or for any provision of related technical assistance, directly or indirectly, to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Iran;
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(a) Iran's enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy water-related activities; (b) the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems by Iran; or (c) the pursuit by Iran of activities related to other topics about which the IAEA has expressed concerns or identified as outstanding.
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(a) the contract for delivery of the goods or technology, or for the provision of assistance, includes appropriate end-user guarantees, and (b) Iran has undertaken not to use the goods or technology concerned, or if applicable, the assistance concerned, in proliferation sensitive nuclear activities or for development of nuclear weapon delivery systems.
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(a) being engaged in, directly associated with, or providing support for, Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities, or (b) being engaged in, directly associated with, or providing support for, Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems, or (c) acting on behalf of or at the direction of a person, entity or body referred to under (a) or (b), or (d) being a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by a person, entity or body referred to under (a) or (b), including through illicit means.
(a) the funds or economic resources are the subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien established before the date on which the person, entity or body referred to in Article 7 has been designated by the Sanctions Committee, the Security Council or by the Council or of a judicial, administrative or arbitral judgment rendered prior to that date; (b) the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a lien or recognised as valid in such a judgment, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims; (c) the lien or judgment is not for the benefit of a person, entity or body listed in Annex IV or V; (d) recognising that the lien or judgment is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned; and (e) if Article 7(1) applies, the Sanctions Committee has been notified by the Member State of the lien or judgment.
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(a) the competent authority concerned has determined that: -
(i) the funds or economic resources shall be used for a payment by a person, entity or body listed in Annex IV or V; (ii) the contract, agreement or obligation will not contribute to the manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, export, import, transport or use of goods and technology listed in Annexes I and II; and (iii) the payment is not in breach of Article 7(3);
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(b) if Article 7(1) applies, the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of that determination and its intention to grant an authorisation, and the Sanctions Committee has not objected to that course of action within ten working days of notification; and (c) if Article 7(2) applies, the Member State concerned has notified that determination of its competent authority and its intention to grant an authorisation to the other Member States and to the Commission at least two weeks prior to the authorisation.
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(a) the competent authority concerned has determined that the funds or economic resources are: -
(i) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of persons listed in Annex IV or V, and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges; (ii) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services; or (iii) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; and
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(b) if the authorisation concerns a person, entity or body listed in Annex IV, the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of that determination and its intention to grant an authorisation, and the Sanctions Committee has not objected to that course of action within five working days of notification.
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(a) if the authorisation concerns a person, entity or body listed in Annex IV, the Sanctions Committee has been notified of this determination by the Member State concerned and that the determination has been approved by that Committee, and (b) if the authorisation concerns a person, entity or body listed in Annex V, the competent authority has notified the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted to the other competent authorities of the Member States and to the Commission at least two weeks before the authorisation.
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(a) interest or other earnings on those accounts; or (b) payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose before the date on which the person, entity or body referred to in Article 7 has been designated by the Sanctions Committee, the Security Council or by the Council.
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(a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 7, to the competent authorities of the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex III, where they are resident or located, and shall transmit such information, directly or through the Member States, to the Commission; (b) cooperate with the competent authorities, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex III, in any verification of this information.
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(a) amend Annex I on the basis of determinations made by either the United Nations Security Council or the Sanctions Committee; (b) amend Annex III on the basis of information supplied by Member States; (c) amend Annex IV on the basis of determinations made by either the United Nations Security Council or the Sanctions Committee.
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(a) within the territory of the Community; (b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State; (c) to any person inside or outside the territory of the Community who is a national of a Member State; (d) to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State; (e) to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Community.
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.A0.001 |
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II.A0.002 | Faraday isolators in the wavelength range 500–650 nm | — |
II.A0.003 | Optical gratings in the wavelength range 500–650 nm | — |
II.A0.004 | Optical fibres in the wavelength range 500–650 nm coated with anti-reflecting layers in the wavelength range 500–650 nm and having core diameter greater than 0,4 mm but not exceeding 2 mm | — |
II.A0.005 |
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0A001 |
II.A0.006 | Nuclear detection systems for detection, identification or quantification of radioactive materials and radiation of nuclear origin and specially designed components therefor, other than those specified in 0A001.j or 1A004c | |
II.A0.007 | ||
II.A0.008 | Plane, convex and concave mirrors, coated with high-reflecting or controlled multi-layers in the wavelength range 500 nm-650 nm | 0B001.g.5 |
II.A0.009 | Lenses, polarisers, half-wave retarder plates (λ/2 plates), quarter-wave retarder plates (λ/4 plates), laser windows in silicon or quartz and rotators, coated with anti-reflecting layers in the wavelength range 500–650 nm | 0B001.g |
II.A0.010 | Pipes, piping, flanges, fittings made of, or lined with nickel or nickel alloy containing more than 40 % nickel by weight, other than those specified in 2B350.h.1. | 2B350 |
II.A0.011 |
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II.A0.012 | Shielded enclosures for the manipulation, storage and handling of radioactive substances (hot cells). | 0B006 |
II.A0.013 | "Natural uranium" or "depleted uranium" or thorium in the form of metal, alloy, chemical compound or concentrate and any other material containing one or more of the foregoing, other than those specified in 0C001. | 0C001 |
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.A1.001 | Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP or D2HPA) CAS 298-07-7 solvent in any quantity, with a purity greater than 90 % | — |
II.A1.002 | Fluorine gas (Chemical Abstract Number (CAS) 7782-41-4), with a purity greater than 95 % | — |
II.A1.003 |
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II.A1.004 | 1A004.c | |
II.A1.005 | 1B225 | |
II.A1.006 | Platinised catalysts, other than those specified in 1A225, specially designed or prepared for promoting the hydrogen isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen and water for the recovery of tritium from heavy water or for the production of heavy water and substitutes therefor. | 1B231, 1A225 |
II.A1.007 |
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II.A1.008 | Magnetic metals, of all types and of whatever form, having an initial relative permeability of |
1C003.a |
II.A1.009 |
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1C010.a, 1C010.b, 1C210.a, 1C210.b |
II.A1.010 |
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1C010.e, 1C210 |
II.A1.011 | Reinforced silicon carbide ceramic composites usable for nose tips, re-entry vehicles, nozzle flaps, usable in "missiles", other than specified in 1C107. | 1C107 |
II.A1.012 | 1C216 | |
II.A1.013 |
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1C226 |
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.A2.001 |
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2B116 |
II.A2.002 | 2B201.b, 2B001.c | |
II.A2.002a | Components and numerical controls, specially designed for machine tools specified in 2B001, 2B201, or in II.A2.002 above. | |
II.A2.003 |
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2B119 |
II.A2.004 |
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2B225 |
II.A2.005 | 2B226, 2B227 | |
II.A2.006 | Oxidation furnaces capable of operation at temperatures above 400 °C | 2B226, 2B227 |
II.A2.007 |
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2B230 |
II.A2.008 |
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2B350.e |
II.A2.009 |
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2B350.d |
II.A2.010 |
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2B350.i |
II.A2.011 |
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2B352.c |
II.A2.012 | 2B352.d |
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.A3.001 |
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3A227 |
II.A3.002 |
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3A233 |
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.A6.001 | Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) rods | |
II.A6.002 | 6A003 | |
II.A6.003 | 6A004.a, 6A005.e, 6A005.f | |
II.A6.004 | 6A005.a.6, 6A205.a | |
II.A6.005 |
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6A005.b |
II.A6.006 | 6A005.b | |
II.A6.007 |
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6A005.c.1 |
II.A6.008 | 6A005.c.2 | |
II.A6.009 |
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6A203.b.4.c |
II.A6.010 | 6A203.c | |
II.A6.011 |
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6A205.c |
II.A6.012 |
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6A205.d |
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.A7.001 |
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7A003, 7A103 |
No | Description | Related item from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 394/2006 |
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II.B.001 | Technology required for the development, production or use of the items in Part A (Goods) above. |
Name | Identifying information | Reasons | |
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1. | Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) | The AIO oversees Iran's production of missiles, including the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, the Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group and the Fajr Industrial Group, which were all designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). The head of the AIO and two other senior officials were also designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). | |
2. | Armament Industries | A subsidiary of the DIO (Defence Industries Organisation). | |
3. | Defence Technology and Science Research Centre (DTSRC) — also known as the Educational Research Institute/Moassese Amozeh Va Tahgiaghati (ERI/MAVT Co.) | Responsible for R&D. A subsidiary of the DIO. The DTSRC handles much of the procurement for the DIO. | |
4. | Jaber Ibn Hayan | Jaber Ibn Hayan is an AEOI (Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran) laboratory involved in fuel cycle activities. Located within the Tehran Nuclear Research Centre (TNRC), it was not declared by Iran under its safeguards agreement prior to 2003, although conversion work was being carried out there. | |
5. | Marine Industries | A subsidiary of the DIO. | |
6. | Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company (NFPC) | The Nuclear Fuel Production Division (NFPD) of the AEOI is involved in research and development in the field of the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium exploration, mining, milling and conversion and nuclear waste management. The NFPC is the successor to the NFPD, the subsidiary company under the AEOI that runs research and development in the nuclear fuel cycle, including conversion and enrichment. | |
7. | Special Industries Group | A subsidiary of the DIO. | |
8. | TAMAS Company | TAMAS is involved in enrichment-related activities, which Iran is required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend. TAMAS is the overarching body, under which four subsidiaries have been established, including one doing uranium extraction to concentration and another in charge of uranium processing, enrichment and waste. |
Name | Identifying information | Reasons | |
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1. | Reza AGHAZADEH | Date of birth: |
Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI). The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). |
2. | Amir Moayyed ALAI | Involved in managing the assembly and engineering of centrifuges. Iran is required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend all enrichment-related activities. This includes all centrifuge-related work. On | |
3. | Mohammed Fedai ASHIANI | Involved in the production of ammonium uranyl carbonate (AUC) and the management of the Natanz enrichment complex. Iran is required to suspend all enrichment-related activities. On | |
4. | Haleh BAKHTIAR | Involved in the production of magnesium at a concentration of 99,9 %. On | |
5. | Morteza BEHZAD | Involved in making centrifuge components. Iran is required to suspend all enrichment-related activities. This includes all centrifuge-related work. On | |
6. | Dr Hoseyn (Hossein) FAQIHIAN | Address of the NFPC: |
Deputy and Director General of the Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company (NFPC), part of the AEOI. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). The NFPC is involved in enrichment-related activities, which Iran is required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend. |
7. | Seyyed Hussein (Hossein) HUSSEINI (HOSSEINI) | An AEOI official involved in the heavy water research reactor (IR40) project at Arak. UNSCR 1737 (2006) required Iran to suspend all work on heavy water related projects. | |
8. | Javad KARIMI SABET | Head of the Novin Energy Company. In August 2006 Karimi Sabet received an award from President Ahmadinejad for his role in designing, producing, installing and using nuclear equipment at the Natanz site. | |
9. | Said Esmail KHALILIPOUR | Deputy Head of the AEOI. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). | |
10. | Ali Reza KHANCHI | Address of the NRC: |
Head of the AEOI's Tehran Nuclear Research Centre. The IAEA is continuing to seek clarification from Iran about plutonium separation experiments carried out at the TNRC, including about the presence of HEU particles in environmental samples taken at the Karaj Waste Storage Facility, where containers used to store depleted uranium targets used in those experiments are located. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). |
11. | Hamid-Reza MOHAJERANI | Involved in production management at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan. On | |
12. | Houshang NOBARI | Involved in the management of the Natanz enrichment complex. Iran is required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend all enrichment-related activities. These include activities at the enrichment complex at Natanz (Kashan). On | |
13. | Dr Javad RAHIQI | Head of the AEOI's Esfahan Nuclear Technology Centre. This oversees the uranium conversion plant at Esfahan. Iran is required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend all enrichment-related activities. This includes all uranium conversion work. The AEOI oversees Iran's nuclear programme and is designated under UNSCR 1737 (2006). | |
14. | Abbas RASHIDI | Involved in enrichment work at Natanz. Iran is required by the IAEA Board and the Security Council to suspend all enrichment-related activities. On | |
15. | Abdollah SOLAT SANA | Managing Director of the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Esfahan. This is the facility that produces the feed material (UF6) for the enrichment facilities at Natanz. On |