Iran reports it has 120 kg of 20pc enriched uranium
Iran has enriched more than 120 kilogrammes of 20-percent enriched uranium, the head of the country's atomic energy agency said on state television Saturday evening. "We have passed 120 kilogrammes," said Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. In September, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had boosted its stocks enriched above the percentage allowed in the 2015 deal with world powers. Under the deal, Iran was not meant to enrich uranium above 3.67 percent, well below the 90-percent threshold needed for use in a nuclear weapon.
Source: AFP
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