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Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity at nuclear site, media says

File photo of Iranian technicians at work a uranium facility outside Isfahan released by Iranian authorities on April 9, 2009. © Handout via Associated Press

Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity at its underground Fordow nuclear site, according to state media on Tuesday, which described the action as a response to the UN nuclear watchdog's demand for more cooperation from Tehran. The move drew condemnation from Britain, France and Germany.

Iran is already enriching uranium to up to 60% purity elsewhere, well below the roughly 90% needed for weapons grade material but above the 20% it produced before a 2015 agreement with major powers to cap enrichment at 3.67%.

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