News : Nuclear

By Edward Carney

On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member Board of Governors met in Vienna to discuss prospective responses to the recent and forthcoming violations of the Iran nuclear deal. At the beginning of July, Iranian officials announced that they had officially surpassed the limits imposed on stockpiles of nuclear material. Days later, they also reported having begun enrichment of uranium to levels higher than the 3.67 percent fissile purity that was identified as the maximum allowed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The IAEA confirmed both of these breaches, after having previously issued 15 separate reports indicating that the Islamic Republic had been complying with its primary obligations under the deal since it was implemented at the beginning of 2016.

By Poorang Novak

Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He explained that the nuclear deal does nothing to curb the nuclear threat – it simply just delays it. The U.S. president also explained that there are a whole series of issues that the nuclear does not address, including Iran’s spread of terror and chaos across the region, its support of terrorist proxy groups and militias, its involvement in regional conflicts and the mistreatment of its own people.

By INU Staff

INU- Iran breached the 2015 nuclear deal for the second time in days on Monday by enriching uranium to 4.5%, as confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is enough to help power Iran’s Bushehr power plant.

Behrouz Kamalvandi, a representative of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, admitted that this is an attempt to put pressure on the nuclear deal signatories, especially the EU, to help Iran evade US sanctions.

By INU Staff

INU - Iran recently announced that it is going to increase its enrichment of uranium over the limits set by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it is also known. Iran confirmed that it was very close, just a matter of hours, to breaching the limits.

By Mahmoud Hakamian

Earlier this week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country was going to increase its enriched uranium stockpile to the level it wishes, disregarding the limits that it is obliged to adhere to according to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or 2015 Iran nuclear deal as it is more commonly referred to.

U.S. President Donald Trump responded to this in a message on Twitter, saying that Iran should watch what it threatens. He said: “ (…) Be careful with the threats, Iran. They can come back to bite you like nobody has been bitten before!”

By INU Staff

INU - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is warning Europe that Iran is moving towards the “next step” in its plans to increase uranium enrichment levels that are limited by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

He made this announcement yesterday in a bid to increase pressure on the European signatories of the deal – France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Iran has been pressuring the Europeans to alleviate the economical hardships it is finding itself in since the United States exited the nuclear agreement last year.