Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi to begin production of 20 percent enriched uranium in the country, ISNA reported.
"I have told Mr. Salehi to start enriching 20 percent uranium," he said on Sunday in the inauguration ceremony of Iran's LASER center achievements fair.
Ahmadinejad orders producing 20-percent uranium in Iran
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