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Iran Says Enriching Uranium Higher Than Limit in Nuclear Deal

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   Monday the country had surpassed the limits on how much it was allowed
   to enrich uranium under the 2015 international nuclear deal.

   Iranian state media quoted spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi as saying
   enrichment levels had reached nearly 5%, breaching the 3.67% limit set
   in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

   He also said Iran could consider continuing on to enriching uranium to
   20% as the next step in its move to back away from its commitments
   under the nuclear deal, unless it gets the help it wants on sanctions
   relief.

   Uranium enriched to 5% is sufficient to produce fuel for nuclear power
   plants, but still far below the 90% needed for building a nuclear
   weapon.

   Iran has been hinting at, and subsequently following through on,
   pledges to increase its nuclear activity while demanding other
   signatories to the nuclear agreement-- particularly those in Europe--
   do more to help Iran economically as it deals with negative effects of
   sanctions the United States has imposed since pulling out of the deal
   last year.

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