UN agency: Iran increases highly enriched uranium stockpile

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The second report on Thursday noted that IAEA officials will travel to Tehran for a technical visit by the end of November.
55% : ""We urge Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA's safeguards investigation so that the agency can be confident that all the nuclear material in Iran is under those safeguards," he said.
53% : In its quarterly report, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that according to its assessment, as of Oct. 22, Iran has an estimated 62.3 kilograms (137.3 pounds) of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity.
53% : Iran has long denied ever seeking nuclear weapons, insisting its nuclear program is peaceful.
48% : U.S. intelligence agencies, Western nations and the IAEA have said Iran ran an organized nuclear weapons program until 2003.
47% : The IAEA's assessment comes as efforts to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which eased sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program, have stalled.
47% : The IAEA said in its report that the lack of cooperation from Iran would have a "significant impact" on the agency's ability to reestablish its knowledge of Iran's activities since its cameras were removed in June.
45% : The IAEA has for years sought answers from Iran to its questions about the particles.
44% : Nonproliferation experts have warned in recent months that Iran now has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
40% : The Vienna-based IAEA said it was unable to verify the exact size of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium due to limitations that Tehran imposed on U.N. inspectors last year and the removal of the agency's monitoring and surveillance equipment in June at sites in Iran.
37% :A separate report, also seen by the AP, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is "seriously concerned" that Iran has still not engaged on the agency's probe into man-made uranium particles found at three undeclared sites in the country.
24% : It reimposed sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to start backing away from the deal's terms.

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