UN: Iran Cutting Nuclear Stockpile

The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief says Iran has cut its stock of higher-enriched uranium that is closest to atomic weapons-grade. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, said Monday that Iran had "reached the halfway mark" in efforts to dilute half its 20 percent-enriched uranium to a lower grade suitable for use as reactor fuel. Under an interim deal with the six world powers, the other half of the uranium is to be changed into a form that...

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