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Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms

Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms



UN inspectorate chief calls Tehran’s move a ‘concrete step in the right direction’, amid threat of restored sanctionsIran has offered to keep its stock of uranium enriched up to 60% – below the purity levels required to make a nuclear bomb – the head of the UN nuclear inspectorate, Rafael Grossi, has confirmed amid the threat of restored European sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear activities.“I think this is … a concrete step in the right direction. We have a fact which has been verified by us. It is the first time Iran has agreed to take a different path,” Grossi said in Vienna on Tuesday. Continue reading…



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Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Publish date : 2024-11-20 15:21:59

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