Tehran, Nov 30(ANI): Two days after world powers ordered Iran to halt the construction of a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, Iran has announced that it has plans to build ten new plants to escalate its nuclear programmes.

The announcement was made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said that his Cabinet had ordered the building of ten new plants aimed at producing up to 300 tonnes of nuclear fuel a year, with construction to begin on five within two months, The Times reported.

He also said that the Cabinet had also been studying plans to start enriching uranium to a higher level