Iran increases enrichment capacity of centrifuges at Natanz
(VOVWORLD) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a report on Monday that said Iran has begun enriching uranium with a second cascade of advanced IR-2m centrifuges in its underground plant at Natanz in breach of the JCPOA, its nuclear deal with five world powers.
 A technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
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Last year Iran began enriching there with a cascade, or cluster, of much more efficient IR-2m machines and in December said it would install three more. The IAEA later confirmed that Iran had started enriching with the second cascade.
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said that it would take Iran around six months to amass the amount of fissile material needed to build a nuclear weapon, nearly double the “breakout time” estimated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.