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Iran Preparing to Enrich Uranium to Weapons-Grade, Israel Warns U.S.
(Axios) Barak Ravid - Israel has shared intelligence over the past two weeks with the U.S. and several European allies suggesting that Iran is taking technical steps to prepare to enrich uranium to 90% purity - the level needed to produce a nuclear weapon, two U.S. sources said. The Iranian preparatory steps would allow Iran to move ahead with 90% enrichment within weeks if it chose to do so. There is no civilian use for 90%-enriched uranium. Iran is already enriching uranium to 60%. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said there was indisputable intelligence that Iran intended to secretly continue its nuclear program no matter the result in the Vienna talks.