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Iran Takes Another Step To Enrich Uranium, In Another Blow To Nuclear Deal

Tehran says it will start injecting uranium gas into centrifuges, the latest in a series of moves since President Trump's decision to abandon the nuclear deal and impose economic sanctions.

Iran has announced that it will begin enriching uranium using centrifuges at a controversial and heavily fortified nuclear facility. It's the latest in a series of breaches by Iran following President Trump's decision to abandon an international nuclear deal and impose economic sanctions.

In a televised speech on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said there are about 1,044 centrifuges

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