IAEA sounded the alarm once things got serious as regards the Iran deal. https://t.co/rkt26DrA1C
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CNBC: ‘Only countries making bombs’ are enriching uranium at Iran’s level, IAEA chief says
* Iran is now enriching its uranium to 60% purity, dramatically higher than the 3.67% level permitted under the 2015 deal.
* Earlier this week, Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agreed to extend an expired monitoring agreement by a month.
* The IAEA warning comes amid high tensions between Iran and the world powers that signed the Iran nuclear deal as negotiations between those countries to revive the deal are underway.
The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed alarm over Iran’s nuclear program, spelling out his concern in an interview with the Financial Times this week.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told the newspaper in an interview published Wednesday that the situation was “very concerning.”
Earlier this week, Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agreed to extend an expired monitoring agreement by a month.
Grossi’s warning comes amid high tensions between Iran and the world powers that signed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as negotiations between those countries to revive the deal are underway.
“A country enriching at 60 percent is a very serious thing — only countries making bombs are reaching this level,” Grossi told the FT.
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Update #1: IAEA Chief Warns Iran Has Already Reached Nuclear Weapons Capable Enrichment -- Zero Hedge
Update #2: IAEA chief: Iran’s uranium enrichment now at levels of ‘countries making bombs’ -- Times of Israel
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