Two UN Nuclear Watchdog reports said on Wednesday that Iran’s stock of uranium has jumped near arms-grade since the announcement of dramatic acceleration in December.
About 90% of bomb-grade, up to 60% purity rich uranium stock, a long-running concern for western powers, which says that to enrich the uranium to such a high level There is no citizen justification. , Iran says it only wants peaceful nuclear power.
While the administration of US President Donald Trump has said that it is planning to pressurize Iran on its nuclear program, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said that time is going on for diplomacy to impose new restrictions on Iran’s activities. .
The International Atomic Energy Agency said on a route, “The production and accumulation of high-rich uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear weapon state to produce such nuclear materials, is a matter of serious concern.” Its quarterly report on Iran.
On Wednesday, both of the confidential reports sent to the member states and the Reuters showed that while the stock of 60% of the material increased by half, there was no real progress on resolving long -running outstanding issues, which led to an undeclared form The unexplained appearance of uranium marks involves. Sites.
Uranium stocks were refined up to 60% as uranium hexfloride, which increased by 92.5 kg in the last quarter, to 274.8 kg, one of two confidential IAEAs reports said.
This is sufficient in theory, if further enriched, for six atomic bombs, according to an IAEA yardstick. There is sufficient for more weapons at low enrichment level.
A senior diplomat said that Iran was producing between 6 to 9 kg (13 and 20 pounds) before its latest acceleration, rich in 60% per month, now the figure is between 35 and 40 kg. It is less than 42 kg which is sufficient in principle for a bomb, if further refined.
One of the reports fulfilled the lack of progress on the outstanding issues such as explaining the uranium mark, which has been asking the IAEA Islamic Republic to do for years.
“Iran states that it has announced all nuclear materials, activities and places required under its safety measures. It is incompatible with the agency’s assessment,” it said.
“The agency, therefore, is on a deadlock regarding solving these outstanding safety measures.”
During his first, 2017–21 tenure as President, Trump withdrew the United States from a historic deal between Iran and the major powers, who placed strict limitations on Tehran’s nuclear activities in exchange for restrictions. After Trump left in 2018, Iran violated and removed those boundaries.
With this deal, in a large extent in tatters, European powers are either demanding to agree on new borders on Iran’s nuclear program or in the deal to re -emuce all restrictions before the deal ends in October. Use the system.
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