Uranium enriched beyond Iran N-deal cap, confirms IAEA
Iran’s uranium enrichment level passed 4.5 per cent on Monday, exceeding the 2015 nuclear deal cap, Iranian atomic energy organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said.
“This morning Iran passed the 4.5 per cent level in uranium enrichment,” Kamalvandi said according to the semi-official ISNA News Agency.
“This level of purity completely satisfies the power plant fuel requirements of the country,” he added in a hint that the Islamic republic might stick to this level of enrichment for the time being.
Iran announced on Sunday it would no longer adhere to the enrichment cap in what it billed as its second step to decrease commitments to the deal in a bid to press other parties into keeping their side of the bargain.
