DUBAI: Iran said on Saturday (Sep 7) it was now capable of raising uranium enrichment past the 20 per cent level and, while it had no immediate ...
DUBAI: Iran said on Saturday it was now capable of raising uranium enrichment past the 20 per cent level and, while it had no immediate plans to do, so the clock was ticking towards the point where a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers could not be salvaged.
Since May, Iran has begun to scale back its commitments to the pact in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's"maximum pressure" campaign since he exited the deal and reimposed sanctions to force Tehran back into negotiations.Iran says its measures are reversible if the European side find a way to protect its vital oil exports from Washington's sanctions.
"This includes IR-6 machines which have now been fed gas. A chain of 20 IR-4 centrifuges has also been started. The IR-6 has also started as a chain of 20 since yesterday," he said."We will soon test our IR-8 centrifuge cascade by injecting gas into 3 IR-8 machines."The accord also capped the level of purity to which Iran can enrich uranium hexafluoride, the feedstock for centrifuges, at 3.
"The UN nuclear watchdog has been informed about our new nuclear steps and it still has access to our nuclear sites," Kamalvandi said.
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