Britain, France and Germany condemn – The 60% limit is far above the 3.67% limit set in the 2015 deal between Tehran and major powers
Iran has begun producing 60% enriched uranium at its underground Fordow nuclear plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed today, in a fresh breach of Tehran’s commitments, which was decided after a crucial international resolution. organization.
The IAEA “will inform Iran of its intention to increase the frequency and intensity of its inspection activities,” director-general Rafael Grossi said in a statement sent to AFP.
Tehran had announced as of April 2021 that it had begun producing 60% enriched uranium at its Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran, approaching the 90% required to produce an atomic bomb.
That 60 percent limit far exceeds the 3.67 percent limit set in the 2015 deal between Tehran and major powers, which aimed to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
“Iran also envisages a significant expansion of low-enriched uranium production,” up to 20 percent, “at Fordow” and added “a second production facility” at Natanz, the IAEA added.
They condemn Britain, France and Germany
Britain, France and Germany condemned the expansion of Iran’s nuclear program.
In their joint statement, the three countries “condemn Iran’s latest measures, confirmed by the IAEA, aimed at a further expansion of its nuclear program.”
By increasing its production capabilities, Tehran “has taken significant new measures that empty” the 2015 agreement “of its content”, the governments of Britain, France and Germany say.
“Iran’s decision to increase the production of highly enriched uranium at the underground Fordow enrichment facilities is particularly worrying,” the three countries consider, for which this constitutes a “challenge to the international non-proliferation system.”
This measure, which presents “significant proliferation risks, has no credible civilian justification,” they continue.
“The presentation of this escalation as a reaction to the adoption by the IAEA Board of Governors of a resolution calling on Iran to cooperate on the issue of guarantees is unacceptable,” the three European capitals estimate, recalling that “Iran has a legal obligation under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to fully implement the agreement of guarantees”.
“We will continue consultations with our international partners on how to deal with the continued escalation of Iran’s nuclear program,” the three countries concluded.
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