Report: Iran sets sights on Zimbabwe for uranium
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review / associated press
24-Feb-2011

VIENNA -- Iran is expanding its covert global search for the uranium it needs for its nuclear activities, and a key focus is Zimbabwe, says a new intelligence report acquired by The Associated Press.

The report is in line with international assessments that Iran's domestic supplies cannot sustain its nuclear program that could be turned toward making weapons.

An intelligence report from a member country of the International Atomic Energy Agency -- shared with the AP by an official from that nation -- says Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met secretly last month with senior Zimbabwean mining officials "to resume negotiations ... for the

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