Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Nuclear chief says Iran exploring new uranium enrichment

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TEHRAN, Iran – The head of Iran’s nuclear program said Sunday that the Islamic Republic has begun “preliminar­y activities for designing” a modern process for 20 percent uranium enrichment for its 50-year-old research reactor in Tehran, signaling new danger for the nuclear deal.

Restarting enrichment at that level would mean Iran has withdrawn from the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers, an accord that President Donald Trump already pulled America out of in May.

However, Ali Akbar Salehi’s comments to state television appeared aimed at telling the world Iran would slowly restart its program. If it chooses, it could resume mass enrichment at its main facility in the central Iranian town of Natanz.

“Preliminar­y activities for designing modern 20 percent (enriched uranium) fuel have begun,” state TV quoted Salehi as saying.

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