Iran described as “destructive” and of “ruinous consequences” the latest report in which the UN atomic agency (International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA), which stated that the Persian country continues to enrich more uranium, even with a purity of 60 percent, a level close to that necessary to manufacture atomic weapons.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran views this approach as destructive to the close relationship and cooperation between Iran and the IAEA.”, said the Iranian representative to the UN atomic agency, Mohamed Reza Ghaebi.
“The IAEA must realize the ruinous consequences of publishing such a unilateral report”, added Ghaebi, according to the Iranian media.
“Unfortunately, this report does not reflect the reality of the negotiations between Iran and the IAEA,” ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh told reporters. “It is not a balanced or fair report”he added.
The report does not reflect Iran’s extensive cooperation with the IAEA
The Iranian representative before the IAEA did not come to assess the conclusions of the UN report, that is, the high production of uranium, and only criticized the aptitude of the UN body. “The report does not reflect Iran’s extensive cooperation with the IAEA,” he said.
In a confidential report, to which ‘Efe’ had access yesterday in Vienna, the international inspectors specified that 60 percent enriched uranium reached 43.1 kilos on May 15, 23.7 percent more than at the beginning of Marchwhen the previous quarterly report was released.
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In the case of 20 percent enriched uranium, the rise in recent weeks was the most notable, going from 182.1 kilos to 238.4 kilos, 31 percent more than at the beginning of March.
The reserves of enriched uranium, in different purities (2 percent, 5 percent, 20 percent and 60 percent) amounted to 3,491.8 kilos in mid-May, compared to the 300 kilos allowed (with a maximum purity of 3 .67 percent), under the nuclear agreement signed by Iran with six major powers in 2015 and known as JCPOA (its acronym in English).
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On the other hand, the IAEA issued another report yesterday, on compliance with the nuclear safeguards agreement in Iran, where the agency is aware of fissile traces in three facilities not declared as nuclear until now.
Contrary to what was agreed between the IAEA and Iran last March, the inspectors have not received “technically credible” information from Tehran about the origin of anthropogenic uranium particles (produced by humans), criticizes the agency’s report.
About, Ghaebi assured that the UN agency will not have access to this information “until an agreement is closed to restore the JCPOA.” The nuclear safeguards (controls) agreement, which is part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) between Iran and the IAEA, is not related to the JCPOA.
The 2015 nuclear deal limited Iran’s atomic program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, but in 2018 then-US President Donald Trump abandoned it and reimposed sanctions on Iran. Tehran responded a year later by ramping up its nuclear efforts and enriching uranium.
For more than a year, the US government of Democrat Joe Biden tries to negotiate with Iran a re-establishment of the JCPOA, so far without success, as Washington refuses to remove Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from its list of terrorist groups.
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