Iran to Voluntarily Halt 20% Enriched Uranium on Monday
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The top Iranian official further added :"Two cascades used to enrich uranium in Natanz and four cascades in Fordo will be disconnected by noon which means the production of 20 percent is practically stopped."
Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran on Saturday to oversee implementation of the deal.
The team is tasked with reporting back to the Vienna-based agency on steps Tehran must take under the deal agreed in November and finalized last week between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.
Agreed after years of fruitless negotiations, the accord is to come into effect on January 20 and will last for six months during which Iran -- among other obligations -- must limit its enrichment of uranium to five percent.
"We have enough stockpile of 20 percent uranium enrichment for the next four or five years, therefore there is no need to do that," Salehi added.
In return, Iran will be granted modest relief from Western sanctions and access to nearly $4.2 billion of frozen assets in eight installments.
Talking to IRNA, Director General of Safeguard Affairs of the organization Mohammad Amiri said that Iran started suspension of 20-percent enrichment in Fordo and Natanz nuclear sites on a voluntary basis. He further added that the enrichment suspension started in the presence of inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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