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| UN nuclear watchdog says Iran agreed to additional monitoring at Fordo enrichment plant |
| 2024-12-14 |
| [IsraelTimes] Iran has agreed to additional monitoring measures by the UN nuclear watchdog at its Fordo enrichment plant after it voiced plans to significantly increase its production of highly enriched uranium at the site, the agency says in a report seen by AFP. The International Atomic Energy Agency said last week that Iran had revamped its Fordo enrichment plant, south of Tehran. The changes would “significantly increase the rate of production of uranium enriched up to 60 percent”, the agency said — close to the 90 percent needed to make a nuclear weapon. The rate of production will jump to more than 34 kilograms of highly enriched uranium per month, compared to 4.7 kilograms previously, it added. The IAEA called on Iran to implement inspections urgently, while European powers pressed Tehran to “immediately halt its nuclear escalation.” “Iran agreed to the Agency’s request to increase the frequency and intensity of the implementation of safeguard measures at FFEP,” the IAEA says in a confidential report seen by AFP. Iran insists on its right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and has denied any ambition of developing weapons capability. However, US intelligence agencies and the IAEA say Iran had an organized military nuclear program up until 2003, and continued to develop its nuclear program beyond civilian necessity. Israel contends that the Islamic Republic never truly abandoned its nuclear weapons program and many of its nuclear sites are buried under heavily fortified mountains. Related: Fordo : 2024-06-16 Iran informed the IAEA, one week after anti-Tehran resolution, it’s expanding nuclear program Fordo : 2023-06-01 Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile over 23 times limit set by nuclear deal — IAEA Fordo : 2023-05-31 Iranian state media: IAEA closed two lines of inquiry on nuclear program |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 There is no reason to believe anything that Iran pretends to agree to. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2024-12-14 13:08 |
| #4 Projection: Trump Team Weighing Options For Preemptive Airstrikes On Iran's Nuclear Program |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-14 06:49 |
| #3 Projection: Israel Sees 'Opportunity' For Attacking Iran Nuke Sites With Syria Knocked Out |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-14 06:48 |
| #2 Oh, the UN is going to provide human shields? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-12-14 06:01 |
| #1 In other woerds. Watch us here, not where we are actually doing it. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-12-14 06:00 |