Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility, according to the UN's nuclear watchdog.The International Atomic Energy Agency's assessment was revealed overnight as the US warned Tehran's ability to build a nuclear bomb was accelerating.In a restricted report seen by CNN, the Vienna-based IAEA confirmed uranium particles enriched to 83.7 per cent purity — which is close to the 90 per cent enrichment levels needed to make a nuclear bomb — had been found in Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant, an underground nuclear facility located some 30 kilometres north-east of the city of Qom.
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