The agency’s first reaction to the claim of discovering 84% enriched uranium in Iran – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

According to Mehr News Agency, quoted by Reuters, in the first reaction to the publication of a report by an American media about the discovery of enriched uranium with a purity of more than 80% in Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that it is negotiating with Iran after the publication of the enrichment report. The purity is high.

The International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations announced on Sunday morning, Iran time, that it is negotiating with Iran regarding reports of the discovery of enriched uranium with a purity of nearly 84%.

International Atomic Energy Agency Twitter He wrote: “The agency is aware of recent media reports regarding the level of uranium enrichment in Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency will discuss the results of the recent verification activities with Iran and, if necessary, will inform the Agency’s Board of Governors.”

International Atomic Energy Agency after publishing this tweet He refused to comment further on the issue of Iran.

earlier The American news agency Bloomberg claimed in a report that the International Atomic Energy Agency is trying to investigate how Iran enriched uranium up to 84%.

In this report, citing two high-ranking Western diplomats, it is claimed that inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Iran last week discovered quantities of enriched uranium, which is slightly less than the amount needed to produce a nuclear weapon.

These diplomats also condemned the nuclear activities of peace Amez Iran has called these activities the cause of a new crisis.

In the continuation of the report, it is said that the International Atomic Energy Agency is trying to determine how Iran produced and stored enriched uranium with a purity of 84%, because this level of enrichment is the highest level of uranium enrichment that has been discovered in Iran so far. and its concentration is only 6% less than the amount required for a weapon.

At the same time, with the bad faith of the European and American authorities and the non-compliance and implementation of the JCPOA by the West, earlier Iran to the international agency international Atomic Energy had officially informed that Its centrifuges They are configured to enrich uranium to a purity level of 60%.

The report also claimed that IAEA inspectors must now determine whether Iran deliberately carried out this level of enrichment or whether this level of enriched uranium was the result of accidental accumulation in pipes that contained hundreds of centrifuge connects
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Claiming that this is the second time in a month that the agency’s monitors have identified suspicious activities related to enrichment in Iran, Bloomberg also adds: “The International Atomic Energy Agency is preparing a quarterly report on Iran before the meeting of the Board of Governors in “March 6 is in Vienna.”
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At the same time, according to one of the diplomats, Iran has written the necessary letters to announce its intention to increase the level of uranium enrichment in two facilities near the cities of Natanz and Fredo It has not been done, according to another diplomat, even if the material was discovered due to technical problems in the functioning of the cascades centrifuge Well, this issue shows the danger of Iran’s possible decision to produce enriched uranium with a very high concentration.
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At the same time, one of the diplomats told Bloomberg that if Iran’s 84% ​​enriched uranium is destroyed as a result of the accumulation of enriched uranium in connecting pipes centrifuge If it happened by mistake, the accumulation of such uranium is not a new issue and it has happened before.

Also, after the claim of discovery of 84% enriched uranium in Iran, Behrouz Kamalondi, deputy and spokesperson of the Atomic Energy Organization, announced about Bloomberg’s claim: It is a pity that the International Atomic Energy Agency is still being misused as a political tool to pressure the Islamic Republic of Iran. Placed.

He pointed out that the material published in Bloomberg was done with the aim of discrediting and distorting the facts, and reminded: what the agency has raised with Iran regarding the existence of a particle or particles of uranium with an enrichment of more than 60% in the place of milk It is common to harvest the product through sampling.

The spokesperson of the Atomic Energy Organization also emphasized: The presence of uranium particles above 60% in the enrichment process does not mean enrichment above 60%.

In further explanation, Kamalondi stated: This issue is a very natural thing in the enrichment process, which can even be reduced by reducing the feed of the waterfalls. centrifuge to arise in a moment. But what is important is the final product, which the Islamic Republic of Iran has not attempted to enrich above 60%.

The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization added: The International Atomic Energy Agency knows better than anyone that such cases occur during work. As in the past, there have been many cases of various crimes that have been resolved, and this recent case will definitely be resolved.

He pointed out that this issue is not the type of material that the agency provides to its members, and continued: The presentation of these issues in the media once again showed that, unfortunately, the agency has long since left its professional and neutral position and is targeting the content. and provides technical information to the western media, and without a doubt, this method discredits this important international organization.