A senior official has said that Iran has increased its stockpile or 20% enriched uranium. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton suggested that talks between Iran and six powers could resume in Vienna in mid-November. Iran said that they wanted to know the nature of the talks before they could start. Iran announced it was refining uranium to 20% in February, up from 3.5% before. Western critics say that Iran doesn't have the means to convert 20% uranium into fuel rods and that they are most likely heading toward 90% enrichment for bombs. It says that the process is needed to power a medical research reactor and said it was willing to suspend high-level enrichment if it is guaranteed a supply of fuel for the medical reactor.
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