The UN nuclear surveillance agency on Monday accused the Iranian government of accelerating the pace at which it is violating restrictions set under the 2015 nuclear deal signed between the US, Iran and several European countries.
Tehran has shown a growing willingness to ignore the Obama-era deal after then-President Trump
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A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published in member states and obtained by Reuters found that the Iranian Natanz facility has begun operating a third set of IR-2m centrifuges, used in enrichment. of uranium for the country’s nuclear power plants.
The 2015 agreement does not allow the use of IR-2m centrifuges, although the purity of enriched uranium produced by centrifuges is still much lower than that required for weapons production, according to Reuters.
“On March 7, 2021, the Agency verified to FEP that: Iran had started feeding natural UF6 at the third cascade of 174 IR-2m centrifuges,” the IAEA report says.
“The fourth cascade of 174 IR-2m centrifuges was installed but was not yet to be fed with natural UF6; the installation of a fifth IR-2m centrifuge cascade was underway; and the installation lation of a sixth cascade of IR-2m centrifuges had yet to begin, ”he continued.
The Iranian government has pressured the Biden administration to return to the 2015 deal since the president took office in January. The White House has resisted such calls so far, saying it is up to Tehran to return to compliance while refusing to revoke sanctions imposed by the Trump administration after leaving the deal.
The Hill has contacted the State Department to comment on the latest IAEA findings.
Earlier last month, Iran’s foreign minister assumed responsibility for bringing the nuclear deal back to the United States.
“It was the United States that left the deal,” Javad Zarif told CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” which added: “The United States violated the agreement. It was the United States that went “It is up to the United States to return to the agreement in order to enforce its obligations.”