Uranium Enrichment
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Iran, US agree on peace deal, but there's a catch: The demands Washington must meet first
World | Jun 15, 2026, 06:36 AM ISTThe announcement came after US President Donald Trump declared that a peace deal with Iran had been completed and that the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz would be lifted.
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Abbas Araghchi dismisses 'speculation' on Iran-US talks; what's holding up the peace deal?
World | Jun 01, 2026, 06:32 AM ISTThe latest comments come at a time when hopes for a breakthrough have been tempered by new political obstacles in Washington. US President Donald Trump, who recently suggested that an agreement with Iran was close to completion, has reportedly asked for changes to the draft proposal.
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'Iran negotiating on fumes, wants deal': Trump vows to 'finish the job' as peace talks hang fire
World | May 27, 2026, 11:28 PM ISTOn the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz, Trump vowed that the key shipping route would remain open for everyone. He said the US will keep a watch on it but no country is going to control it.
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'May pursue 90% uranium enrichment if attacked': Iran's stark warning amid Trump's fresh threat
World | May 12, 2026, 04:51 PM ISTIran has significantly increased its stockpile of enriched uranium in the years following the United States’ withdrawal from the nuclear agreement signed with Tehran during Donald Trump’s first term as president.
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Russia signals readiness to take Iran's enriched uranium after Trump's Hormuz blockade threat
World | Apr 13, 2026, 06:43 PM ISTRussia has reiterated its willingness to take custody of Iran's enriched uranium under a future peace deal after US-Iran talks collapsed over the weekend. The Kremlin criticised Trump's threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz while President Putin assured Iran of Moscow's support.
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Rescue or ruse: Iran accuses US of using operation to retrieve airman as cover to 'steal' uranium
World | Apr 07, 2026, 06:50 AM ISTDonald Trump stated that he authorised extensive military action to rescue two American soldiers who had entered Iranian territory after their F-15E aircraft was downed in a missile strike.
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Iran further increases its enriched uranium stockpile amid chances of renewed nuclear talks
World | Aug 29, 2024, 10:41 PM ISTAs of August 17, Iran has 164.7 kg (363.1 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent, just short of enough needed to create four nuclear bombs if enriched further. This came as Iran opened doors for restarting negotiations with the US on the now-scrapped nuclear deal.
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Iran's enriched uranium stockpile grows to near weapons-grade limits amid stalled nuclear talks: UN
World | May 28, 2024, 07:37 AM ISTThe report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) means that Iran can produce as many as three nuclear weapons if its uranium stockpile is enriched further. Iran's overall stockpile of enriched uranium has vastly exceeded the limits of the suspended 2015 nuclear deal.
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Iran has no credible reason to expand uranium enrichment programme: US
World | Nov 06, 2019, 06:56 AM IST"Iran's assertions that all these escalatory steps are reversible are false: the knowledge Iran could gain over time from R&D work on new centrifuge designs represents irreversible learning that could ultimately shorten Iran's breakout time to a nuclear weapon if it decided to pursue one," Secretary of state MIke Pompeo said.
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Iran uses advanced centrifuges, threatens higher enrichment
World | Sep 07, 2019, 07:53 PM ISTWhile insisting Iran doesn’t seek a nuclear weapon, the comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran threatened pushing uranium enrichment far beyond levels ever reached in the country. Prior to the atomic deal, Iran only reached up to 20%, which itself still is only a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
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Iran to raise uranium enrichment beyond limits. What it means
India | Jul 07, 2019, 03:38 PM ISTIran announced it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its faltering 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. Iran made the decision a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal.
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Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount
World | Jun 17, 2019, 11:32 PM ISTAtomic energy spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi suggested that Iran’s enrichment could reach up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels.
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Iran to surpass uranium enrichment limits in days: Official
World | Jun 17, 2019, 05:44 PM ISTIran's atomic energy agency said that the country will breach on June 27 the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium that was capped under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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Iran insists right to uranium enrichment
World | Apr 04, 2013, 06:58 PM ISTTehran, Apr 4: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Thursday that the West must recognize his country's right to uranium enrichment in the upcoming nuclear talks.Speaking in Almaty in Kazakhstan, Jalili said the Friday