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September 8, 2022       Share:    

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-near-weapons-grade-uranium-stock-grows-probe-stuck-iaea-reports-2022-09-07/

Iran Has Enough Uranium Near Weapons-Grade for a Bomb, IAEA Report Shows

(Reuters) Iran's stock of uranium enriched to up to 60%, close to weapons-grade, has grown to enough, if enriched further, for a nuclear bomb, a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, showed on Wednesday. Passing that threshold is a milestone in the unraveling of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, which capped the purity to which Iran was allowed to enrich uranium at 3.67%, well below the 20% it achieved before the deal and the roughly 90% that is weapons-grade. "Iran now can produce 25 kg (of uranium) at 90% if they want to," a senior diplomat said in response to the IAEA report.

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