UN nuclear head meets with Iranians amid enrichment concerns

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60% : © Provided by The Associated Press International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, arrives for a meeting with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he is welcomed by the spokesman for Iran's atomic agency Behrouz Kamalvandi in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023.
60% : © Provided by The Associated Press International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, arrives for a meeting with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami as he is welcomed by the spokesman for Iran's atomic agency Behrouz Kamalvandi in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023.
54% : © Provided by The Associated Press Iran Nuclear © Provided by The Associated Press International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi listens to a question during a joint press conference with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023.
52% : The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog was meeting with officials in Iran on Saturday, days after it was revealed that the country had enriched particles of uranium to near weapons-grade, raising new alarm over its long-disputed nuclear program.
51% : Iran NuclearIran has sought to portray any detection of highly enriched uranium particles as a momentary side effect of trying to reach a finished product of 60% purity.
50% : Iran long has denied ever seeking nuclear weapons and maintains its program is peaceful, but is widely believed to have had a nuclear weapons program until 2003.
49% :Grossi's last visit to Iran was in March 2022.
47% : The IAEA report only spoke about "particles," suggesting that Iran isn't building a stockpile of uranium enriched above 60% -- the level it has been enriching at for some time.
42% : Efforts by the Biden administration, European countries and Iran to negotiate a return to the deal reached an impasse last summer.
39% : A stockpile of material enriched to 90%, the level needed for weapons, could be quickly used to produce an atomic bomb if Iran chooses.
38% : The confidential quarterly report by the IAEA, which was distributed to member states on Tuesday, came as tensions were already high amid months of anti-government protests in Iran and Western anger at its export of attack drones to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.
37% :Nonproliferation experts say Tehran has no civilian use for uranium enriched to even 60%.
36% : The U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018, reimposing crushing sanctions on Iran, which then began openly breaching the deal's restrictions.

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