Iran Agrees to Suspend Uranium Conversion

, head of the for Iran, announced Monday that the country would temporarily suspend conversion of  as of November 22. "Iran is planning to suspend uranium conversion activities from November 22," Rowhani said during a news conference.

Uranium is a chemical element which can be used in and. The process of conversion modifies the uranium oxydes into. The purpose of such a conversion process is usually an intermediate step in the production of. Uranium hexafluoride cannot itself be used in a nuclear weapon, but can be into weapons-grade uranium, or it can be converted into  in a. Iran has claimed to be using its nuclear program for only peaceful nuclear energy, rather than for nuclear weapons, but there are concerns in the European Union and the USA as to whether they are being truthful.