Iran produces uranium metal, IAEA says, in latest breach of deal

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has carried out its plan to produce uranium metal, the U.N. atomic watchdog confirmed on Wednesday, despite Western powers having warned Iran that would breach their 2015 nuclear deal as uranium metal can be used to make the core of an atom bomb.

Iran began breaching its nuclear deal with major powers step by step in 2019 in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the deal the previous year and Washington’s reimposition of sanctions on Tehran.

Iran has in recent months accelerated those breaches of the deal’s restrictions on its atomic activities, potentially complicating efforts to bring the United States back into the deal under President Joe Biden.

A law passed in response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist in November, which Tehran blames on its foe Israel, called for steps including opening a uranium metal plant. Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency in December it planned to produce uranium metal fuel for a research reactor.

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[WHITT]

1. NOPE

Iran has NOT "breached" the JCPOA. Donnie breached the JCPOA, and according to the agreement, if any party breaches the JCPOA, the other parties are no longer bound by the agreement.

Donnie is an idiot.

I'm disappointed in Biden's stance that Iran must first come into compliance before the U.S. will lift sanctions. Iran is actually correct, it was the U.S. that violated the JCPOA, they should first lift all sanctions, THEN Iran will return to compliance. Whoever violated the JCPOA should be required to go first. Khamenei basically stated they were tired of playing the Iranian version of Charlie Brown to Lucy with the football.

[Bettie]

2. They have, unfortunately, breached nothing

as Trump negated the deal by pulling out of it.

[cstanleytech]

3. Yes, Trump did do that however Iran made the choice to breach this part on their own which they did

not have to do as Trump is no longer President and the odds were in their favor that Biden would resolve the entire issue.
Now though because of this they will make it even harder for Biden politically to resolve the issue.

[WHITT]

4. NOPE

Iran CANNOT be in breach of an agreement they are no longer bound by, per the agreement.