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Iran manufactured a record volume of uranium enriched just below the levels needed for nuclear weapons, complicating efforts to negotiate a peaceful resolution to international concerns over the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions.
Israel has initiated a widescale attack on Tehran - Iran's capital city - targeting nuclear facilities, the residences of military commanders, and ballistic missile factories
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.
The United Nations atomic watchdog said there’s no indication of increased radiation levels at Iran’s main uranium-enrichment site, an early sign that Israel’s strikes haven’t penetrated the containment layers protecting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear stockpile.
Iran remains in economic crisis due to international sanctions over its nuclear program, which have limited its oil exports. The Iranian rial remains weak and inflation is stubbornly high at around 40%. Any further disruption to oil exports would ripple globally.
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Iran 'dramatically increasing' uranium stockpile as WW3 fears growIran is set to "dramatically" boost its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, according to a warning issued by a nuclear watchdog on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency's chief ...
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Al Jazeera on MSNIran rejects IAEA report alleging increased enriched uranium stockpileUN nuclear watchdog warns Tehran could be close to weapons-grade enriched uranium, as negotiations with the US continue.
An IAEA report on Iran's uranium stockpile increase prompted the White House on Saturday to urge its acceptance of a proposal for a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal.
A classified International Atomic Energy Agency report found Iran, since February, produced 300 pounds of uranium enriched to 60%, a step away from weapons-grade.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on Thursday and Tehran announced counter-measures, as tensions rose in the Middle East before further U.