Iran official criticizes new UN nuke observatory
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An Iranian nuclear official says the purpose of a UN warning station set up in Turkmenistan near the border with Iran is "espionage."
The UN announced last week the new nuclear warning station, one of dozens such observatories worldwide that monitor for seismic activity and radioactivity.The station, just miles from the Iranian border, can detect extremely weak blasts and even shock waves from nuclear experiments. (AP)
