Jordan- Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, Apr. 16 (Petra)-- Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Tehran started 60 percent uranium enrichment at Natanz nuclear facility, days after an explosion at the site that Tehran blamed on Israel."We are now getting nine grams [almost a third of an ounce] per hour," Ali Akbar Salehi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on state television, after Tasnim news agency reported that production was under way at the Natanz nuclear facility. 16/04/2021 14:52:51 MENAFN16042021000117011021ID1101928070