Iran says produces more 60-pct enriched uranium in response to IAEA resolution
STORY: Iran says produces more 60-pct enriched uranium in response to IAEA resolution
DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:19
LOCATION: Tehran
CATEGORY: POLITICS
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1. various of Iran's centrifuges (file)
STORYLINE:
Iran said on Tuesday that it has started to produce more 60-percent enriched uranium as part of its retaliatory measures against a recent anti-Iran resolution passed by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
This is the first time that Iran has begun enriching uranium to 60-percent purity at the underground Fordow nuclear plant located near the northern city of Qom, according to a statement released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on its website.
The old centrifuges at Fordow are also being replaced with modern IR-6 ones, the AEOI said.
Meanwhile, the 60-percent uranium enrichment continues at the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran, the statement noted.
Last week, IAEA's Board of Governors passed the resolution proposed by the U
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