Iranian MPs Propose Bill to Enrich Uranium up to 60%

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A hundred Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday signed a draft bill and presented it to the Presiding Board of the parliament which will require the government of President Hassan Rouhani to enrich uranium to the 60 percent grade.

"If the bill receives the parliament approval, the government will be required to complete the nuclear infrastructures in Fordo and Natanz installations in case sanctions are intensified against Iran by the West, new sanctions are imposed, Iran's nuclear rights are violated or the Islamic Republic of Iran's peaceful nuclear rights are ignored," member of the parliament's Energy Commission Sed Moussavinejad said.

He further clarified: "Based on the plan, in case of increased sanctions against Iran and violation of Iran's rights to use peaceful nuclear technology, the government will be necessitated to launch Arak heavy water reactor and also increase the level of uranium enrichment to 60% to provide the fuel needs of Iranian vessels engines".

The bill was presented after Washington breached the recent Geneva deal between Iran and the world powers by blacklisting a dozen companies and individuals for evading US sanctions.
During the last year, similar bills have been compiled by smaller numbers of Iranian legislators, but they were all rejected or their verification was postponed by the Presiding Board.

"In this case, it's possible we would need this fuel."

This is not the first time Iran announces that it enjoys the technical know-how to enrich uranium to purity levels above 20 percent.

Source: News agencies, Edited by website team