UN: Iran removes sensitive nuclear equipment from site
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The chief of the U.N. atomic agency says Iran has complied with a key commitment of its nuclear deal with six world powers by removing sensitive equipment from a strategic underground site.
Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Tehran has met a deadline and taken "excess centrifuges and infrastructure" from what used to be the Fordo uranium enrichment facility.
The main focus of the nuclear deal is limiting Iran's uranium-enrichment capacities out of fear Tehran could spin uranium in its centrifuges all the way to levels used for the core of a nuclear weapon. Iran says it is not interested in such arms.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}While more than 1,000 centrifuges can remain at Fordo according to the deal, they must be used for research and other non-enrichment purposes.