The IAEA says it is talking to Iran over enrichment, as Tehran says the agency is being used as a ‘political tool’. Tehran, Iran – Iran has denied that it has intentionally enriched uranium to a purity of 84 percent amid ongoing issues with the global nuclear watchdog and disagreements over its 2015 nuclear deal. “The IAEA is aware of recent media reports relating to uranium enrichment levels in Iran,” the agency wrote on Twitter early on Monday. “The existence of a uranium particle or particles with a purity of over 60 percent in the enrichment process does not mean that there has been enrichment over 60 percent,” he said. Iran, which started enriching to 60 percent at Fordow in November last year in reaction to a censure resolution passed at the IAEA board, dismissed the report as “incorrect”.
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