Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have found uranium in Iran with a purity just below the purity needed to make a nuclear bomb. The uranium was enriched to 84 percent, Bloomberg news agency reports based on two diplomatic sources. Uranium enriched to about 90 percent is needed to build nuclear bombs.
Inspectors would have to determine whether Iran produced the material intentionally or whether the concentration was the result of accidental accumulation, Bloomberg said.
The IAEA announced on Twitter on Sunday that it was aware of the media report. The organization is in talks with Iran about the “results of recent verification activities”.
In nuclear agreements, 3.67% enrichment would have been agreed
In the international nuclear agreement with Iran, which is currently on hold, a threshold of 3.67 percent for uranium enrichment was agreed in 2015. It was recently revealed that Tehran produces up to 60 percent enriched uranium, which is considerably more than foreseen in the nuclear agreement.
Negotiations to revive the international nuclear deal with Iran, which started in April 2021, have been stalled for months. The agreement was designed to limit Iran’s nuclear program and ensure that the country would not build nuclear weapons. It was negotiated by the US, China, Russia, Germany, France, Britain and Iran.
However, under then US President Donald Trump, the US unilaterally withdrew from the agreement in 2018 and imposed new sanctions on Tehran. As a result, Iran also gradually withdrew from its obligations and limited IAEA inspections of its facilities
Source: Krone
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