News From Antiwar.com Iran continued to enrich only to 60%, short of the requirements for a weapon
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued its quarterly report on Iran’s civilian nuclear program, and like clockwork media outlets responded with hysterical speculation about Iranian nuclear weapons despite this report being not materially dissimilar from recent quarterly reports.
The last report in November was that Iran had 182.3 kg of 60% enriched uranium, while the new report puts that stockpile at 274.8 kg. That the number grew is unsurprising, both because Iran isn’t using the 60% enriched uranium for anything and because Iran added to its number of centrifuges enriching uranium in November after the US and UK voted for the IAEA to condemn Iran.
The initial JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran was meant to prevent these stockpiles growing by having Iran export the enriched uranium for further processing into fuel for civilian reactors. The US withdrew from the JCPOA during President Trump’s first term, and the reprocessing hasn’t been happening since then.
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