Iran has stepped up its production of nuclear fuel, according to a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to the IAEA report, released on Friday, the Islamic Republic now has 7,200 installed centrifuges at its underground bunker in Natanz, which could generate enough material for two nuclear weapons a year. However, the IAEA found no evidence that the fuel has reached the stage where it is pure enough to make a bomb; that could take several months.
The UN Security Council has ordered Iran to stop enriching uranium but IAEA inspectors have been blocked from visiting an Iranian nuclear reactor, which could be modified to produce weapons-grade plutonium. Iran also has flouted three Security Council resolutions requiring the nation to answer questions about reports that its scientists have researched nuclear warhead design.
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