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September 15, 2023international eventnuclear nonproliferationinternational lawarms controlnational securityforeign policynuclear proliferation

Iran Accelerates Uranium Enrichment to 84 Percent Purity

IAEA inspectors confirmed Iran was enriching uranium to 84 percent purity at the Fordow facility, just below weapons-grade threshold of 90 percent. Iran had accumulated enough 60-percent enriched uranium to produce five nuclear devices if further enriched. The IAEA Board of Governors passed a censure resolution; Iran responded by removing 27 monitoring cameras.