23
Nov
Iran began expanding uranium enrichment to 60 percent purity at an underground site at Fordow days after foreign governments accused Tehran of failing to cooperate with a UN investigation into its past nuclear work.The decision brings Iran one step closer to having uranium enriched to the 90 percent weapons-grade threshold and flouts the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.The move came amid growing international condemnation of anti-regime protests in Iran, with UN human rights officials saying the rising death toll reflected Tehran's use of deadly force to try to quell the demonstrations.“Enrichment to near weapons-grade…