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November 29, 2009
No. 22362

Iranian Official: We Have Completed Preparations for Enriching Uranium to 20%

Iran criticized the IAEA resolution condemning Iran and its demand to stop all activity at the Qom nuclear facility, and threatened to suspend its cooperating with the organization.

A member of the Kayhan editorial board, Mehdi Mohammadi, said that the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization has completed the technical preparations for enriching uranium to 20%, and that it is now waiting for a go-ahead from the political echelon. 

Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that Iran would enrich uranium to 20% by itself.

Sources: Khabar Online, Jomhouri-ye Eslami, ILNA (Iran), November 29, 2009; Fars (Iran), November 28, 2009


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