Iran has told the UN's nuclear watchdog it will step up its nuclear programme from Tuesday, raising Western fears that it is planning to make a bomb. Its nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said earlier that Iran would start enriching uranium to 20% at Natanz, Iran's main uranium enrichment plant. The move heightens fears that Iran is moving closer to weapons-grade uranium. Jon Leyne reports.<CPS:LINK HREF="" ID="8504234" STYLE="rightarrow">READ MORE Iran 'to ratchet up enrichment'</CPS:LINK>
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Western countries have criticised Iran for stalling on a deal over its enrichment programme
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