19 Mar 2024
Saturday 17 April 2021 - 13:17
Story Code : 388801

Iran begins 60% uranium enrichment, says AEOl chief

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday that Iran has begun enriching uranium at 60 percent at the Natanz nuclear facility.

The process is underway at the nuclear facility in central Iran, said Ali Akbar Salehi on Friday in an interview.

Sixty percent uranium enrichment was achieved at 12:40 am on Friday, parliamentary speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaftweetedon Friday morning.

President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the decision to enrich uranium to the level of 60 percent is a response to sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility. Rouhani called the sabotage attack mischievous.

On Tuesday, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian top negotiator told the press in Vienna that Iran will start enriching uranium to up to 60%.

Salehiconfirmed that experts have produced uranium to the purity of 60 percent at the Natanz facility.
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