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Iran will increase uranium enrichment to whatever levels it needs - Rouhani

Iran will increase uranium enrichment to whatever levels it needs - Rouhani
FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 14, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS Copyright  SPUTNIK(Reuters)
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran will increase its level of uranium enrichment after July 7 to whatever levels it needs beyond the 3.67% cap set in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to the IRIB news agency.

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If the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal with world powers do not fulfill their promises, then the Arak nuclear reactor will return to its previous activities after July 7, Rouhani said.

(Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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