Iran increases stockpile of higher enriched uranium, defying UN demands

Iran increases stockpile of higher enriched uranium, defying UN demands – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News.

Iran’s nuclear chief says his country now has 40 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20 percent, compared to 30 kilograms in October.

By The Associated Press

Iran’s nuclear chief said his country has increased the stockpile of uranium it began enriching to higher levels last year in defiance of UN demands to halt the program.

Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also Iran’s acting foreign minister, said Iran now has 40 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20 percent.

	Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, gestures to chief of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, after unveiling of a uranium centrifuge in Tehran on April 9, 2010.
	Photo by: AP

Iran reported a stockpile of 30 kilograms in October.

Uranium enriched to 20 per cent is enough to produce fuel for a medical research reactor but far below the more than 90 per cent required to build fissile material for nuclear warheads.

A deal for the West to provide fuel for the reactor has all but fallen apart in the deadlock over Iran’s broader nuclear program.

Western powers fear Iran wants to build bombs and is not peaceful as Tehran says.

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