The Islamic Republic is accelerating its uranium enrichment to produce the necessary provisions for constructing a nuclear weapon, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency told Reuters on Friday.
"Today the agency is announcing that the production capacity is increasing dramatically of the 60% inventory," IAEA Director Rafael Grossi explained to the news outlet while attending the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain. He also noted the Iran regime's expansion efforts could potentially rise "seven, eight times more, maybe, or even more."
Grossi's remarks follow a recent report from the United Nations institution, which accuses Tehran of utilizing advanced IR-6 centrifuges to process uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels at its facilities in Fordow and Natanz.
The rise in output appears to align with threats from the Islamic Republic’s atomic energy authority, which vowed to enlarge its stockpiles in retaliation for last month’s IAEA censure for alleged noncompliance with the organization’s oversight personnel.
The IAEA estimates that the theocratic government already holds enough fissile material to create at least four nuclear devices.
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