Iran announced on Sunday (January 5th) that it is further away from the 2015 nuclear program deal, with no further limits on uranium enrichment.
According to a government spokesman, quoted on state television, Tehran will no longer meet the limits set in this agreement on the number of centrifuges it has the right to use. This means that there will no longer be any ceiling on its uranium enrichment capabilities, nor on the degree of uranium enrichment or on its nuclear research and development activities.
All these activities will now depend on the technical needs of the country.
Lifting of sanctions
However, Tehran continues to submit to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), " like before ". Iran could reverse its decision if the United States lifts its sanctions against it.
The Vienna agreement signed with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom – and Germany provides for a limitation of the country's nuclear capacities in exchange for the lifting international sanctions targeting him.
By assassinating Iranian general Ghassem Soleimani on January 3, the United States undoubtedly gave the final blow to the 2015 agreement, which Donald Trump had already denounced in 2018 but which still served as a framework for dialogue with the Europeans.
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