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Normal enrichment for power and domestic use is around 5%. Iran is enriching to 60% which is only ever used as a precursor to building weapons.
That said there are no good reasons other than to distract from the genocide in Gaza. This whole thing is a sideshow so they can finish the job there first.
They are over 83% at this point
https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/analysis-of-iaea-iran-verification-and-monitoring-report-may-2025/
Not according to the IAEA unless you have a more up to date source than May.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/6/19/what-is-irans-fordow-nuclear-facility-and-could-us-weapons-destroy-it
This was the article talking about IAEA finding particles at over 83%
Good reason to be suspect but I don't know if it's enough to claim they are enriching to that level.
There isn’t really any reason to enrich to 60% if you aren’t going for weapons grade, 20% HALEU fuel is the highest breakeven I know of where the benefit to enrich to 20% can in certain reactors outweigh the cost of enrichment but even then 20% is considered uncommonly high for most power plants 60% is just another beast with a hugely added cost