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By Xinhua Published: Apr 16, 2021 09:17 AM Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday dismissed concerns about Iran s plan to enrich uranium to 60-percent purity, saying that we are not looking for a nuclear bomb. Some have interpreted that 60 percent is a means to reaching 90 percent (of uranium enrichment). It is not correct. It is wrong to think that we are paving the way for the production of the atomic bomb, Rouhani was quoted by official IRNA news agency as saying. Today, if we want, we can enrich 90 percent (uranium), but . we are not looking for a nuclear bomb, he said.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Thursday that his country would limit uranium enrichment to 3.67 per cent if the US rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal and lifts sanctions. We will stop .
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Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 04:34 PM IST
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In 2015, Iran signed an agreement with the US, Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain that was intended to set limits on Tehran s nuclear program in order to block it from building a nuclear weapon something it insists it doesn t want to do.
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Head of Iran s Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi as he speaks during a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, in Tehran, Iran August 25, 2020
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