(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - An international rift about their country's intentions has not reduced the support of Iranian adults for their national nuclear program, according to a poll by Fars News Agency. 77.7 per cent of respondents want the government to continue enriching uranium.

In June 2005, former Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the presidential election in a run-off over Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani with 61.6 per cent of all cast ballots.

In December 2006, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously voted to impose sanctions against Iran after it failed to stop uranium enrichment. Ahmadinejad claimed the sanctions were illegitimate, and has recently announced his country is successfully enriching uranium—a process needed both to make nuclear weapons and produce electricity—in an "industrial scale." In March, a new set of UN sanctions—which include a ban on arms sales—were imposed on Iran.

In May, inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Iran has found a solution to technological problems and can now enrich uranium on a larger scale than before.

On Aug. 7, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, the deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, revealed that his country is opening more nuclear sites for inspection by the IAEA. Rahmani Fazli said he expects such clarity to prevent further sanctions against Iran, adding, "Naturally we expect that in return for Iran's vast cooperation with the agency, some proper actions will be taken in order to create mutual trust."

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