The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency says that as of May 17, Iran has amassed 408.6 kg of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent. It called on Tehran to urgently change course and comply with the agency’s probe. The report comes at a time as Tehran and Washington have been holding several talks over a possible nuclear deal
The IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi. Pic/PTI
Iran has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday. It called on Tehran to urgently change course and comply with the agency’s probe. The report comes at a time as Tehran and Washington have been holding several talks over a possible nuclear deal that US President Donald Trump is trying to reach.
The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency says that as of May 17, Iran has amassed 408.6 kg of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent. That’s an increase of 133.8 kg since the IAEA’s last report in February. The IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi has stressed repeatedly that “Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state enriching to this level”. On Saturday, Grossi said he reiterates his urgent call upon Iran to cooperate fully and effectively with the IAEA. The comments came after Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on striking Iran to give the US administration more time to push for a new nuclear
deal with Tehran.
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