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Iran says only 5 days needed to ramp up uranium enrichment

 

TEHRAN - Iran's atomic chief as said Tuesday Tehran would need only five days to ramp up its uranium enrichment to 20 percent—a level at which the material could start to be used for a nuclear weapon.

 

State TV's website quoted Ali Akbar Salehi as saying: "If we make the determination, we are able to resume 20 percent-enrichment in at most five days."

 

Iran gave up the majority of its stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

 

The nuclear deal, which lifted sanctions on Iran, currently caps the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment at under 5 percent.

 

Iran long has said its nuclear program is for peaceful purpose.

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.22.17, 09:41