Quote Originally Posted by Hansmeister
And Russia enriching Uranium for Iran to use was part of the original deal for Russia to support the construction of the Nuclear reactor at Bushehr, something Iran has reneged on since then. Iran hasn't sunk billions into enriching uranium only to give it up now, just as Iran hasn't sunk billions into nuclear research to develop electricity - with one of the world's largest reserves of natural gas they could've met their energy needs at a fraction of the cost of their nuclear program.
It sounds like the deal is still alive - unless the security council aggrevates the situation:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/...ar_agency_iran

As an aside, I think how much they spend on power production is a matter for the Iranian people and not us. Whether we can read anything into that or not is questionable in that most governments are less than frugal in how they handle taxpayer money and it is generally the fact that they (governments) are, by nature, wasteful rather than attempting to hide something. It may be suspicious but not condemning evidence.