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Iran amassed even more near weapons-grade uranium: IAEA
Hindustan Times Patna
|June 01, 2025
Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday and called on Tehran to urgently change course and comply with the agency's probe.
VIENNA:
The report comes at a sensitive time as Tehran and Washington have been holding several rounds of talks in the past weeks over a possible nuclear deal that US President Donald Trump is trying to reach.
The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency — which was seen by The Associated Press — says that as of May 17, Iran has amassed 408.6 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60%.
That's an increase of 133.8 kilograms — or almost 50% — since the IAEA's last report in February.
That material is a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. A report in February put the stockpile at 274.8 kilograms. There was no immediate comment from Tehran on the new IAEA report.
This story is from the June 01, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Patna.
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