Ahead of a visit by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran says it has increased its uranium enrichment capacity as talks with major powers stall.
With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi
” Currently, the country’s enrichment capacity has reached more than twice the entire history of this industry said Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.
Going in the same direction, his deputy pointed out that Iran now has a level of enrichment of 60% while according to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and the major powers, the country must limit its enrichment to less than 4 %.
Deadlocked Iran nuclear deal
Negotiations with the major powers to revive the 2015 agreement are at an impasse and there is no prospect of renewing the dialogue. Tehran has significantly increased its stockpile ofenriched uranium at 20 and 60%. What the Western countries denounce. Iran demands the end of the American economic sanctions imposed since 2018 by the United States which had left the 2015 agreement at the time. What Washington refuses.
In recent months, Tehran has further increased the number of its IR-6 centrifuges which are ten times more powerful than the first generation. With the new sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries since the beginning of the protest movement three months ago, the chances of a resumption of negotiations are slimmer than ever.
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