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251 died Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cIran has highest day death toll from virus, currency plunges,\u201d<\/a> AP, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

Iran has difficulty finding willing and able partners during a time of sanctions.\u00a0 \u201cIran, Belarus keen on boosting economic ties,\u201d<\/a> Trend, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran does not have enough enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the UN atomic watchdog\u2019s official definition, the agency\u2019s head has said. \u201cThe Iranians continue to enrich uranium, and to a much higher degree than they have committed themselves to. And this amount is growing by the month,\u201d International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi told Austrian paper Die Presse in an interview it published on Saturday.\u00a0The IAEA is based in the Austrian capital, Vienna. Asked about how long Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon, Mr Grossi said: \u201cIn the IAEA we do not talk about breakout time. We look at the significant quantity, the minimum amount of enriched uranium or plutonium needed to make an atomic bomb. Iran does not have this significant quantity at the moment.\u201d Iran denies ever having had a nuclear weapons programme, saying its nuclear programme is purely for energy purposes. The IAEA defines \u201csignificant quantity\u201d as the approximate amount of nuclear material for which the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear explosive device cannot be excluded.\u00a0The most recent quarterly IAEA report on Iran last month said it had 2,105.4 kg of enriched uranium, far above the 202.8 kg limit in a 2015 deal with global powers but a fraction of the enriched uranium it had before the accord. The US pulled out of the agreement in 2018. It is also enriching to up to 4.5 pre cent purity, far below the 20 per cent it achieved before the deal and the 90 per cent that is considered weapons-grade. Earlier this month, Mr Grossi said that the IAEA carried out more than 400 inspections on Iran last year.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran short of ‘significant quantity’ of potential bomb material, IAEA says,\u201d<\/a> The National, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause Iran is working with North Korea, \u2026\u201d See \u201cNorth Korea\u2019s massive new missile could help Iran threaten Israel,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

The threat of U.S. force against Iran proxies may be leading to this.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran-backed militias offer truce for US troop withdrawal,\u201d<\/a> Qassem Abdul-Zahra, AP, Military Times, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

251 died Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cIran has highest day death toll from virus, currency plunges,\u201d<\/a> Houston Chronicle, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian Regime Intelligence Ministry\u2019s Agent Arrested in Albania,\u201d<\/a> NCRI, October 11, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

251 died Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cIran has highest day death toll from virus, currency plunges,\u201d AP, October 11, 2020. Iran has difficulty finding willing and able partners during a time of sanctions.\u00a0 \u201cIran, Belarus keen on boosting economic ties,\u201d Trend, October 11, 2020. \u201cIran does not have enough enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under … <\/p>\n

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