In this May 24, 2021 photo, the flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (PHOTO / BLOOMBERG)

DUBAI/VIENNA – Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84 percent purity, which is close to weapons grade.

The Islamic Republic has been enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity since April 2021. Three months ago it started enriching to that level at a second site, Fordow, which is dug into a mountain. Weapons grade is around 90 percent.

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The IAEA is discussing with Iran the results of recent Agency verification activities and will inform the IAEA Board of Governors as appropriate.

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"So far, we have not made any attempt to enrich above 60 percent. The presence of particles above 60 percent enrichment does not mean production with an enrichment above 60 percent," the spokesperson for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said on Monday, according to the official IRNA News agency.

UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency, has said that it was in talks with Tehran about its recent findings on uranium enrichment there.

"The IAEA is aware of recent media reports relating to uranium enrichment levels in Iran," the IAEA said on Twitter on Sunday. 

"The IAEA is discussing with Iran the results of recent Agency verification activities and will inform the IAEA Board of Governors as appropriate."

The IAEA, which inspects Iran's nuclear facilities, flags significant developments in Iran's activities either in ad hoc reports to the 35-nation Board of Governors or regular quarterly ones issued before board meetings.

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The next quarterly Board of Governors meeting begins on March 6 and quarterly reports are usually issued in the week before a meeting.