Iran has denied reports that it enriched uranium to close to weapons-grade purity after the United Nations nuclear watchdog—the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—said it was in discussions with Tehran about the results of recent inspections at Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told the state-linked Fars news website late on Sunday that IAEA inspectors had found particles with a purity of higher than 60 percent in Tehran, according to Al Jazeera.
However, Kamalvandi downplayed the discovery.
“The existence of a uranium particle or particles with a purity of over 60 percent in the enrichment process does not mean that there has been enrichment over 60 percent,” Kamalvandi said….