Iran's enriched uranium stock is five times the limit authorized by the 2015 nuclear agreement which Tehran started to free in May 2019, said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ) Tuesday, March 3, in a report on Tehran's nuclear activities.
According to the findings of the IAEA inspectors, the quantity accumulated by Tehran reached, as of February 19, 1,510 kilos of enriched uf6 uranium for a limit authorized to 300 kilos in the Vienna agreement signed between Iran and The big powers.
The International Iranian Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA) has been threatened since the United States unilaterally denounced it in 2018. Tehran, asphyxiated by sanctions, has responded by releasing itself since May 2019 from several of its commitments .
A rate above the threshold set by the agreement
Contrary to the obligations enshrined in this pact intended to drastically limit its nuclear activities, Iran also produces enriched uranium at a rate of 4.5%, above the threshold of 3.67% set by the agreement, according to the report consulted by Agence France-Presse (AFP). This rate is still very far from the threshold required for the manufacture of an atomic bomb (more than 90%).
The goal of the agreement was to increase Iran's time to acquire nuclear weapons to at least a year if the country intended, which it has always denied. Experts generally estimate that the threshold required to make a nuclear bomb is around 1,050 kilos of UF6 uranium with low enrichment of less than 5%, a quantity now exceeded by Tehran.
The steps and technology needed to make this uranium compatible with making a bomb are still numerous, however, as well as the time it takes to develop missiles capable of transporting it.
