Iran to produce UF6 enriched uranium in few hours

IRAN, (ST)_ Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that his country has started the pre-processing stage of gas injection a couple of hours ago in Fordow nuclear site, noting that the first UF6 enriched uranium will be produced in a few hours

Speaking to IRNA, Rabiei said that Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has issued the order to implement the law of strategic measure passed by Majlis to remove the sanctions in the past few days.

All the necessary measures, such as informing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have been taken, said Rabiei.

He added that the government’s stance toward this law has already been announced; stressing that the government is bound to implement the law.

On Saturday, Iran confirmed a plan to increase uranium enrichment up to 20 percent as it moves to implement a recently introduced law as a counter-measure against US sanctions.

In an interview with the state television, the chief of Iran’s nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that Tehran has written to the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA about the enrichment plan.

He said the letter has been dispatched to the Vienna-based organization through the Iranian envoy and the country is ready to raise the level to 20 percent in accordance with the recent legislation “very soon”.

Salehi noted that a final nod from President Hassan Rouhani is required before the move is implemented.

The nuclear chief said the process will be implemented under the supervision of the IAEA inspectors, who he said need to “unseal things that had been sealed”.

Compiled by: Basma Qaddour