Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Nov. 22


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  • Wednesday, 23 Nov 2022

TEHRAN -- Iran said on Tuesday that it has started to produce more 60-percent enriched uranium as part of its retaliatory measures against a recent anti-Iran resolution passed by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

This is the first time that Iran has begun enriching uranium to 60-percent purity at the underground Fordow nuclear plant located near the northern city of Qom, according to a statement released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on its website.(Iran-IAEA-Uranium Enrichment)

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