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Iran able to produce 90% enriched uranium, President Rouhani says

14 July 2021 15:12 (UTC +04:00)

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has developed such great capabilities in the peaceful employment of nuclear technology that it can begin to enrich uranium to a purity level of 90% if a reactor requires that type of fuel, President Hassan Rouhani said, APA reports citing Tasnim.

Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the outgoing Iranian president hailed his administration’s success in maintaining and strengthening the nuclear industry’s capabilities.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has proved that it can produce uranium enriched to 20 and 60 percent purity levels, the president noted.

“Even if a reactor needs 90 percent (enriched uranium) one day, we’ll have no problem and can (produce it),” he noted.

Iran has demonstrated that it can do anything in the course of peaceful employment of nuclear industry, Rouhani added.

He also noted that his administration’s success in striking the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with six world powers in 2015, having the sanctions lifted, and increasing the country’s oil exports reveals that it is possible to resolve the major and complicated problems between Iran and the other countries or the international organizations through dialogue and constructive interaction.

The president also said that his administration has handled the bulk of the job in the negotiations on the revival of the JCPOA and the termination of sanctions, noting that the ground is prepared for the next administration to complete the task.