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Iran is expanding uranium production after indicating that it has significantly higher reserves of the metal than previously estimated, according to the latest nuclear-watchdog data.

The new figures, published Tuesday in the biennial Red Book — a survey of the uranium industry — may trigger concern over the direction of Iran’s nuclear program. The Islamic Republic has been digging at more than a half dozen new uranium mines since 2022 yet its resources are considered uneconomic and well below what is needed to fuel a nuclear reactor.

Tehran’s government “indicates that Iran’s uranium reserves are much larger than previously estimated,” wrote the authors of the report, who work at the Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency and Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency. The country may almost quadruple ore production to 71 tons this year, according to the report.

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A second US aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, satellite photos analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press showed.

The operation of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group in the Arabian Sea comes as suspected US airstrikes pounded parts of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels overnight into Tuesday.

American officials repeatedly have linked the US’ monthlong campaign against the Houthis under President Donald Trump as a means to pressure Iran in the negotiations.

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U.S. officials made “very good” progress during the second round of nuclear talks with Iran in Rome and plan to meet with their Tehran’s counterparts next week. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held both direct and indirect discussions during the meeting that lasted more than four hours, according to a U.S. official. 

“We agreed to meet again next week and are grateful to our Omani partners for facilitating these talks and to our Italian partners for hosting us today,” a senior U.S. administration official said. 

Araghchi said after the meeting that progress on “principles and objectives” of a potential deal was made and that technical-level discussions will start in the “coming day.” 

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