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Iran says will advance research on uranium metal, used in nuclear weapons
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTehran tells the UN nuclear watchdog that it is advancing research on uranium metal production, in what would be a fresh breach of the limits in Iran’s 2015 deal with world powers.
The latest move, which adds to pressure on US President-elect Joe Biden just days before his inauguration, concerns Iran’s plans to conduct research on uranium metal production at a facility in the city of Isfahan.
Iran says the research is aimed at providing advanced fuel for a research reactor in Tehran.
The topic is sensitive because uranium metal can be used as a component in nuclear weapons and the 2015 deal contained a 15-year ban on “producing or acquiring plutonium or uranium metals or their alloys.”
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