Iran starts converting batch of uranium - report

Iran has begun processing a new batch of uranium at its Isfahan nuclear plant despite US and European pressure to halt all sensitive…

Iran has begun processing a new batch of uranium at its Isfahan nuclear plant despite US and European pressure to halt all sensitive nuclear work, a diplomat said today.

"Conversion has resumed," the diplomat, who is close to the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Vienna.

A spokesman for the UN nuclear watchdog did not confirm the information, but said IAEA inspectors were in Isfahan.

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