Iran Now Capable Of Enriching Uranium Above 80%: Ahmadinejad

The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran is now capable of enriching Uranium above 80 percent level. Addressing a rally Ahmadinejad said that Iran has no intentions of making a nuclear bomb but if it does it would do that candidly. Ahmadinejad said that the first consignment of 20 percent enriched Uranium and 20 percent of Atomic fuel has been prepared.
Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran had the capacity to enrich uranium up to a level of 100 percent — but he said the country had no intention of refining the material to that level. Salehi said Iran would have “good news” on improved nuclear enrichment centrifuges in coming months.
Ali Akbar Salehi also said the production of 20 percent nuclear fuel would be limited to the needs of a Tehran medical reactor of around 1.5 kg per month.