“The International Atomic Energy Agency is trying to clarify how Iran accumulated uranium enriched to 84% purity — the highest level found by inspectors in the country to date, and a concentration just 6% below what’s needed for a weapon,” Bloomberg claimed.
“Iran had previously told the IAEA that its centrifuges were configured to enrich uranium to a 60% level of purity,” it added.
Reacting to Bloomberg’s claim, IAEA said that Rafael Grossi is consulting with Iran about the results of the IAEA’s verifications and will inform the members of the board of governors accordingly.
Meanwhile, Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi has underlined that the Islamic Republic has not enriched uranium above 60 percent purity so far.
Kamalvandi told IRNA in an exclusive interview on Sunday night that the member states of the IAEA are tasked with observing its professional status and should not allow some members to misuse the international organization for their political purposes.
Making these remarks in reaction to the recent stories published by Bloomberg, he noted that the report is a sort of demonization and distortion of facts because the existence of a particle or particles of uranium with a purity of more than 60 percent in the enrichment process does not mean that there is enrichment higher than 60 percent.
Unfortunately, the IAEA has turned into a tool of pressure in the hands of certain elements, he said, adding that such performance will negatively affect the prestige and credibility of the important international organization.
The spokesman went on to say that the Zionist regime and the arrogant states attempt to make the utmost misuse of the prevailing condition of the IAEA.
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