The story about Iran allegedly enriching uranium to 84% purity can be considered over because the actual enrichment level did not exceed 60%, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said.
"This chapter can be considered closed. The thing is that insignificant emissions of higher enriched particles may be released during the uranium enrichment process," Ulyanov pointed out.
The Russian envoy stressed that the final product’s enrichment level did not exceed 60%. "This is what happened in Iran, a deeper examination by the IAEA showed," he added.
West and Israel are confident that Iran may seek an atomic bombIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing a report that Iran may have reached 87% enrichment by now, said that Israel's red line is 90%.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts said they had found particles enriched to 83.7% purity during an inspection. Meanwhile, Iran informed the agency about "unintended fluctuations" in enrichment levels.
According to Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran has not yet tried to enrich uranium to higher than 60%.
