URANIUM ENRICHMENTNATANZ: Iran's main uranium enrichment facility and the centerpiece of the nuclear dispute with the West. Iran says it only seeks to produce lower-enriched fuel for research and power reactors, but the United States and others worry Iran could eventually push toward weapons-grade material.The facility, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) southeast of Teheran, is largely built underground and is surrounded by anti-aircraft batteries. Uranium enrichment began in 2006.FORDO: Another uranium enrichment facility identified by Western intelligence agencies in September 2009. The labs, near the holy city of Qom south of Teheran, are still under construction inside former ammunition depots carved into a mountainside. The area is heavily protected by the Revolutionary Guard.UN nuclear inspectors toured the previously secret site in October 2009.OTHER SITESISFAHAN: Iran's Uranium Conversion Facility, which reprocesses uranium concentrate known as yellowcake into a gas that is fed into centrifuges for enrichment at Natanz.SAGHAND: Iran's main uranium mine in the central province of Yazd. It is the country's main source of uranium ore.
Key points on Iran's nuclear map
Bushehr soon to produce power; Natanz is main enrichment facility.
URANIUM ENRICHMENTNATANZ: Iran's main uranium enrichment facility and the centerpiece of the nuclear dispute with the West. Iran says it only seeks to produce lower-enriched fuel for research and power reactors, but the United States and others worry Iran could eventually push toward weapons-grade material.The facility, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) southeast of Teheran, is largely built underground and is surrounded by anti-aircraft batteries. Uranium enrichment began in 2006.FORDO: Another uranium enrichment facility identified by Western intelligence agencies in September 2009. The labs, near the holy city of Qom south of Teheran, are still under construction inside former ammunition depots carved into a mountainside. The area is heavily protected by the Revolutionary Guard.UN nuclear inspectors toured the previously secret site in October 2009.OTHER SITESISFAHAN: Iran's Uranium Conversion Facility, which reprocesses uranium concentrate known as yellowcake into a gas that is fed into centrifuges for enrichment at Natanz.SAGHAND: Iran's main uranium mine in the central province of Yazd. It is the country's main source of uranium ore.