Iran vows to continue 20 pct uranium enrichment

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi said Monday Iran will not at all stop 20 percent uranium enrichment,"The enrichment of uranium to the level of 20 percent is enduring and it will never be stopped," Abbasi told the official IRNA news agency, adding that "we will raise the amount of fuel to save for Tehran research reactor,"However, "we have no plan to enrich uranium away from the current level of 20 percent," Abbasi said.

The Iranian nuclear chief said Iran has moved 20 percent uranium enrichments toward Fordo site, since Natanz enrichment facility be not as safe as Fordo, "Iranian nuclear sites including Fordo enrichment facility have been under full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), so with the intention of the IAEA's cameras are monitoring them 24 hours," he was quoted as saying.

Earlier in the month, Abbasi said that the Islamic republic have started transferring the nuclear enrichment centrifuges of its Natanz nuclear facility toward the Fordo atomic site, In June, Abbasi said Iran would triple the 20-percent uranium enrichment output following the enrichment process was moved to Fordo.