An Iranian national flag flies above the new Phase 3 facility at the Persian Gulf Star Co. (PGSPC) gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% purity at its Fordow site, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
“Iran has informed the Agency that in order to comply with a legal act recently passed by the country’s parliament, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran intends to produce low-enriched uranium (LEU) up to 20 percent at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant,” the IAEA said in the statement
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