IAEA talks to Iran about recent reports of high uranium enrichment | | AW

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "The IAEA is discussing with Iran the results of recent Agency verification activities and will inform the IAEA Board of Governors as appropriate."
53% : The UN nuclear watchdog said on Sunday it was in discussions with Iran about the results of recent verification work there soon after media reports that it had detected uranium enriched to 84% purity, which is close to weapons grade.
53% : "The IAEA is aware of recent media reports relating to uranium enrichment levels in Iran," the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Twitter.
52% : Iran denied Monday the reports that it has enriched uranium to 84% purity, which is close to weapons grade.
48% : Iran has been enriching uranium to up to 60% purity since April 2021.
46% : Bloomberg News reported earlier on Sunday that the IAEA was trying to clarify how Iran enriched uranium to 84%, citing two senior diplomats.
45% :"Inspectors need to determine whether Iran intentionally produced the material, or whether the concentration was an unintended accumulation within the network of pipes connecting the hundreds of fast-spinning centrifuges used to separate the isotopes," Bloomberg reported.

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