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US-Iran Tensions: Marco Rubio Discusses Trump's Military Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites

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60%. Remember, you only need like 3.67% for a nuclear power plant. You only need 20% enriched uranium, very small quantities for, like, medical isotopes and that kind of thing. The only countries in the world that have anything close to 60% enriched uranium are countries that have nuclear weapons. They have stored 60% enriched uranium in one facility there called Esfahan. They were threatening to create even more of it. (14:38–14:44)

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Asserts that only countries with nuclear weapons have uranium enriched to 60%.

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