IAEA Report Says Discussions with Iran About Near-Weapons-Grade Enrichment Ongoing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% :"Iran informed the Agency that 'unintended fluctuations in enrichment levels may have occurred during transition period at the time of commissioning the process of [60%] product
52% : The U.N. nuclear watchdog is in discussions with Iran on the origin of uranium particles enriched to up to 83.7% purity, very close to weapons grade, at its Fordow enrichment plant, a report by the watchdog seen by Reuters confirmed on Tuesday.
49% : But right now, the JCPOA is on ice," Kahl added.
48% : Diplomats said last week that the agency had found the traces at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), where Iran is enriching uranium to up to 60% purity.
47% : "Regarding the origin of the particles enriched above 60% U-235, identified after the implementation of the new cascade configuration at FFEP, discussions with Iran are still continuing," the confidential IAEA report to member states said.
45% : A second quarterly report on a years-long investigation into uranium traces found at three undeclared sites in Iran, which is also due before next week's meeting of the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors, will not be issued until later in the week, diplomats said.
42% : In Washington on Tuesday, a U.S. Defense Department official told a congressional committee that Iran could make enough fissile material for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days."Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl made the comment to a House of Representatives hearing when pressed by a Republican lawmaker why the Biden administration had sought to revive the deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
37% :Iran denies ever having sought nuclear weapons and says it only wants to master nuclear technology for civil uses.
35% : Back in 2018, when the previous administration decided to leave the JCPOA it would have taken Iran about 12 months to produce one bomb's worth of fissile material.
34% : The International Atomic Energy Agency chided Iran in an earlier report for making substantial changes to those cascades without informing it.

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