As of August 17, Iran has 164.7 kg (363.1 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent, just short of enough needed to create four nuclear bombs if enriched further. This came as Iran opened doors for restarting negotiations with the US on the now-scrapped nuclear deal.
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) means that Iran can produce as many as three nuclear weapons if its uranium stockpile is enriched further. Iran's overall stockpile of enriched uranium has vastly exceeded the limits of the suspended 2015 nuclear deal.
"Iran's assertions that all these escalatory steps are reversible are false: the knowledge Iran could gain over time from R&D work on new centrifuge designs represents irreversible learning that could ultimately shorten Iran's breakout time to a nuclear weapon if it decided to pursue one," Secretary of state MIke Pompeo said.
While insisting Iran doesn’t seek a nuclear weapon, the comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran threatened pushing uranium enrichment far beyond levels ever reached in the country. Prior to the atomic deal, Iran only reached up to 20%, which itself still is only a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
Iran announced it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its faltering 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. Iran made the decision a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal.
Atomic energy spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi suggested that Iran’s enrichment could reach up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels.
Iran's atomic energy agency said that the country will breach on June 27 the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium that was capped under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Tehran, Apr 4: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Thursday that the West must recognize his country's right to uranium enrichment in the upcoming nuclear talks.Speaking in Almaty in Kazakhstan, Jalili said the Friday
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