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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Francois Murphy

IAEA finds uranium enriched to 84% in Iran, near bomb-grade -diplomats

FILE PHOTO: A flag with the logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) waves in front of the IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has found uranium enriched to 84% in Iran - very close to weapons grade - diplomats said on Monday, while the watchdog said that it was in talks with Tehran about recent findings there.

Iran has been enriching uranium to up to 60% purity since April 2021. Three months ago, it started enriching to 60% at a second site, Fordow, which is dug into a mountain. Weapons grade is around 90%.

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