Iran Enriches Closer to Weapons Grade as Monitors Flag Sites
- IAEA says detected traces of uranium at undeclared locations
- Persian Gulf nation’s nuclear stocks grew a fifth last quarter
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Iran enriched its stockpile of uranium closer to levels needed for a weapon for the first time in eight years, as international inspectors reported they detected traces of the heavy metal at previously undeclared sites.
The findings published in two International Atomic Energy Agency reports underscore the difficult road ahead for diplomats trying to defuse an escalating nuclear crisis. With Tehran and Washington at loggerheads over how to return to a 2015 deal, Iran is rapidly advancing its nuclear activities even as new questions arise among investigators looking into places where work may have occurred decades ago.