Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium up to 60%, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday, far more than is required for most civilian uses but short of the 90% needed to make nuclear bomb fuel.

“The organisation has the possibility to produce 5%, 20% and 60%, and has this capacity,” AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said during a news conference at the underground Fordow nuclear plant, the official IRIB news agency reported.

“At the moment, the need is for 5%,” he added.