Negotiators from Iran are meeting counterparts from the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. There is suspition that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, however Iran strongly denies these accusations. Iran says that its purposes are purely civilian, and it needs enriched uranium to make medical isotopes. Iran has been enriching uranium to a level of 20% since 2010, which is important technological step toward being able to produce enriches weapons-grade material.
Iran has rejected Western calls to stop enriching uranium because they say it is an inalienable right. This meeting is to come to some sort of a compromise where proposals are being put forward which EU hopes will allow Iran to be more flexible. However, there has been little sign of change. Iran said it has found major new uranium deposits and was planning to expand its nuclear power program this month.
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