Iran Tells United Nations of Plans to Enrich Uranium to 20%
- Enrichment won’t start until a presidential order is issued
- Notification to UN follows ratification of key law in Iran
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Iran informed the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog that it may start enriching uranium to levels well above those allowed under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported.
The Islamic Republic submitted a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency as its official notice that it may produce 20% enriched uranium after the country passed a law calling for the measure, ISNA cited Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, as saying.