Iran atomic chief says country reached 'full maturity' in nuclear fuel cycle

Iran has reached full maturity in its nuclear fuel cycle and now possesses all elements required for domestic nuclear fuel production, the country’s atomic chief Mohammad Eslami said on Thursday.

“We have reached a point of complete maturity,” Eslami said in a televised interview, adding that enrichment is the foundation of Iran’s nuclear industry. “Without enrichment, you can’t achieve nuclear fuel, and without fuel, there is no nuclear capability.”