Iran Produced First Batch Of 60% Enriched Uranium

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf said the Islamic Republic’s nuclear scientists have managed to produce the country’s first batch of 60-percent enriched uranium.

“I am proud to announce that at 00:40 last night ... young and pious Iranian scientists were able to obtain a 60% enriched uranium product,” Qalibaf wrote in a Persian tweet on Friday.

"We congratulate the brave people of the Islamic Iran on this success; the will of the Iranian people is miraculous and will thwart any conspiracy," he added.

Later, Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi also said that Tehran had started 60% uranium enrichment at its Natanz site.

The announcement came days after Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] of a plan to start 60-percent uranium enrichment, following an act of sabotage against the Natanz nuclear facility, which Iran called “nuclear terrorism.”