Iran Breaches 2015 Nuclear Deal's Enriched Uranium Limit Amid Tensions With US
Iran on Monday said it has exceeded the limit on the amount of enriched uranium in its stockpile for the first time.
Tehran, July 1: Iran on Monday said it has exceeded the limit on the amount of enriched uranium in its stockpile for the first time. The limit on Iran'sĀ enriched uranium stockpile was setĀ in a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
"Iran has crossed the 300-kilogramme limit based on its plan," Iran'sĀ Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told news agency INSA. Tehran had warnedĀ to breach the limit alleging that countries part of the 2015 nuclear deal had not done enough to protect Tehran from economic sanctions.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi, however, said Iranās steps to decrease its commitments to the nuclear deal were āreversibleā.Ā Iranās Mohammad Javad Zarif Calls for US Forces to Be Put On Tehranās āTerrorā List.
Tensions between the US and Iran have been increasing since US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from a multi-party 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran and reimposed sanctions on the Islamic republic.
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