Iran has announced plans to begin manufacturing uranium metal, amid heightened tensions with the US. It comes as Iran fired cruise missiles as part of a naval drill in the Gulf of Oman today.
Iran has started work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog and Tehran said on Wednesday, in the latest breach of its nuclear deal with six significant powers as the country presses for a lifting of US sanctions.
Kazem Gharib Abadi, Iran’s representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed the country has started working on the fuel, saying everything has been reported to the agency.
“Agency inspectors visited the factory where the fuel will be produced three days ago,” he said.
“From a technical standpoint, this puts Iran among advanced countries in producing new fuels.”
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