IAEA Says Iran Complies With Interim Deal But Questions Remain
Source: Reuters
Wed Jul 1, 2015 5:38pm EDT
Iran has continued to comply with the terms of an interim nuclear deal reached in 2013 with world powers, including reducing its stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas to below the volume it had before that agreement, according to a U.N. report.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its monthly report on Iran, a confidential document obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, that Iran's stockpile of uranium gas enriched up to a fissile purity of 5 percent was at 7,537 kg at end-June - below an approximately 7,650 kg ceiling stipulated in the November 2013 interim nuclear deal with six world powers.
A U.S.-based think-tank, however, issued an analysis of the IAEA report that questioned whether Iran had indeed complied with the requirement to convert its low enriched uranium (LEU) to a form with less risk of proliferation, uranium dioxide.
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