Iran says produces more 60-pct enriched uranium in response to IAEA resolution-Xinhua

Iran says produces more 60-pct enriched uranium in response to IAEA resolution

Source: Xinhua

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2022-11-22 19:03:45

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- 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 United States, Britain, France, and Germany that called on Iran to cooperate with the agency's investigators regarding the alleged "traces of uranium" at a number of its "undeclared" sites.

Iran has rejected all the allegations.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani dismissed on Monday the resolution as "anti-Iran" and "politically motivated," official news agency IRNA reported.

Iran expects the IAEA to avoid "political actions" and allow Iran's cooperation with the international nuclear watchdog to continue so that both sides can achieve "good results," Kanaani said.