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The crisis was precipitated when it was discovered that Iran had been lying to the IAEA about its nuclear activities for 18 years. Then it was discovered that they had instruction manuals from Pakistan on how to build a nuclear bomb - they said they'd been received by mistake. The EU finally gave up on negotiations when Iran turned down a Russian offer to enrich their nuclear fuel for them. Enrichment is crucial. You enrich uranium slightly to make nuclear fuel. You enrich it to 99% to make a nuclear bomb. Why does Iran think it so vital to do their own enrichment?
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