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‘Fingers on the triggers’: Iran announces near weapons-grade uranium enrichment ‘as soon as possible’

“We are like soldiers and our fingers are on the triggers,” said the U.S.-educated head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Iran said Saturday it plans to enrich uranium up to 20% at its underground Fordo nuclear facility “as soon as possible,” pushing its program a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over the tattered atomic deal. The move…