Iran races ahead in enriched uranium production: UN report.

Iran is growing its enriched uranium stockpile to levels well beyond limits set out in the 2015 nuclear deal, according to a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA report found that Iran now holds 10,460 pounds of enriched uranium, up from 8,289 pounds in February, according to the Associated Press. Within that stockpile, 251 pounds is enriched to 60 percent purity, a short technical step away from the 90 percent needed to produce a nuclear weapon. The 2015 international agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...

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