Iran enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges, watchdog says
Iran is enriching uranium at one of its facilities despite ongoing high-stakes talks to restart a 2015 deal to limit the country's ability to stockpile nuclear weapons, according to the UN.
The country is enriching uranium up to 20-percent purity with 166 advanced machines at its Fordow plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency said, according to Reuters. Uranium needs to reach a 90-percent purity level to be used for weapons-grade levels.
The information underscores a possible push for leverage from Iran as it meets with western negotiators this week to rework the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a 2015 pact between Iran and the U.S. that limited Iran's nuclear weapons development in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. The deal was scrapped by former President Trump in 2018.
The U.S. is not at the talks in Vienna this week, but American negotiators are indirectly working to establish the new pact through European representation.
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