I ran on Monday told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it will step up its uranium enrichment efforts, raising fears that Tehran is determined to build a nuclear bomb. The organizer of the Munich Security Conference had invited Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, hoping that he would announce Tehran's willingness to enrich uranium abroad -- just as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicated last week. [2]

Iran announced Monday additional nuclear and military ambitions in the face of mounting domestic and international opposition, authorities said. Officials said Tehran will build 10 new nuclear fuel plants starting in March and will begin enriching uranium to 20 percent for a reactor in Tehran, the Los Angeles Times reported. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Tehran has informed the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency of its plans, the newspaper said. [1]