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The International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iran has reversed a slowdown of its enrichment of uranium, and is now enriching uranium at up to 60%, bringing the country closer to reaching the enrichment level required to make a nuclear weapon.
2023-12-26

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has notified it of its intention to enrich uranium to 20% purity, in accordance with a law recently passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Iran did not specify when this enrichment would begin. The December 2020 bill, adopted after the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, instructs the government to increase uranium enrichment if sanctions against Iran are not eased within two months.
2021-01-1

French media reports that Iranian nuclear scientists began injecting uranium into centrifuges in the presence of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Effectively it turns the plant from a research site into an active nuclear site, in further violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
2019-11-6

Iran announces that it has enriched more than 300 kg of uranium to 3.67%, contrary to previous agreement. This is still highly insufficient to produce one nuclear weapon.
2019-07-1

Russia's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency says he expects the historic nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the P5+1, to be implemented in January. Before the end of the year, Iran will exchange its stockpile of low-enriched uranium for Russia's non-enriched forms of uranium, he said.
2015-12-7

Iran hangs 16 rebels in retaliation for 14 border guards being killed in clashes on its border with Pakistan.
2013-10-26

Iran announces that a new uranium ore mine and an enrichment plant will be added to the country's nuclear policy, defying the U.N. resolutions.
2013-04-9

China is to use own uranium resources to meet growing nuclear demand.
2010-11-18

Speaking in Tehran, Iranian Islamic cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi blames promiscuous women for causing earthquakes.
2010-04-20

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad orders his country's atomic agency to begin enriching uranium to a higher level.
2010-02-7