Iran will restart uranium enrichment programme and roll back on key parts of nuclear.

[kamranofficial]

Iran will resume high-level enrichment of uranium if world powers did not keep their promises under a 2015 nuclear agreement, President Hassan Rouhani has said on Wednesday, responding to the U.S. withdrawal from the deal a year ago.

In a speech on national television, Rouhani said the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia had 60 days to come good on their promise to protect Iran's oil and banking sectors from US sanctions after Donald Trump pulled out of the deal a year ago.

Iran told ambassadors from the signatory countries that failure to comply would result in it rolling back some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Among the measures, Rouhani said Tehran will begin keeping excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear programme.


Rouhani's address to the nation came on the anniversary of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the atomic accord.

Mr Rouhani said Iran wanted to negotiate new terms with remaining partners in the deal, but acknowledged that the situation was dire.

'This surgery is to save the (deal), not destroy it,' he said.

The 2015 deal saw sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for limits on its nuclear programme. After the US withdrew from the accord it restored crippling sanctions on Iran, exacerbating a severe economic crisis.

'If the five countries join negotiations and help Iran to reach its benefits in the field of oil and banking, Iran will return to its commitments according to the nuclear deal,' Mr Rouhani said.

There was no immediate response from the US. The White House said on Sunday that it would dispatch an aircraft carrier and a bomber wing to the Persian Gulf over what it described as a new threat from Tehran.

Under terms of the deal, Iran can keep a stockpile of no more than 300kg of low-enriched uranium, compared with 10,000kg of higher-enriched uranium it once had.

The US last week ended deals allowing Iran to exchange its enriched uranium for unrefined yellowcake uranium with Russia, as well as it being able to sell its heavy water to Oman.

Washington has also ended waivers for nations buying Iranian crude oil, a key source of revenue for Tehran.

Currently, the accord limits Iran to enriching uranium to 3.67 per cent, which can fuel a commercial nuclear power plant.

Weapons-grade uranium needs to be enriched to around 90 per cent. However, once a country enriches uranium to around 20 per cent, scientists say the time needed to reach 90 per cent is halved.

Iran has previously enriched to 20 per cent.

 

[khansaheeb]

Race against time, Mullah's days are numbered.

 

[Aramagedon]

This is not a Mullah matter. This is Iran's national interest.

Race against time, Mullah's days are numbered.

 

[Blue In Green]

I sincerely don't think those who say "mullah" really understand what it is they are even trying to refer to anymore... What does Mullah mean to them anyways? the Clerics? the Diplomats? the entire Iranian government? the entire parliament? the lawmakers? the Iranian Military? Iranians themselves? or is Mullah supposed to be a derogatory word for Iran? I'm betting it is just a loaded word more or less nowadays...

Anyways..."Mullah" is ONE part of Iran and in my opinion a part that has taken a back seat to the IRGC in many respects. So saying "mullah days are numbered" doesn't mean anything to me or any Iranian who knows half his stuff about Iran lol.

 

[Aramagedon]

So saying "mullah days are numbered" doesn't mean anything to me or any Iranian who knows half his stuff about Iran lol.

That means pakistani obsession to Iran.

 

[ARMalik]

Many people will not like this but the ground reality is that Iran does NOT have this capability, nor will it achieve this capability in the future. If Iran had this capability, there is NO WAY we would be having this discussion because Iran would have 100% developed nukes. It is a simple fact yet a lot would like to believe in speculations.

 

[Blue In Green]

That means pakistani obsession to Iran.

But The MuLLaHs though... Jeez lmao I can't stop laughing at how basic of a statement that is, like Mullah days are numbered... ok I guess what's next lol

Many people will not like this but the ground reality is that Iran does NOT have this capability, nor will it achieve this capability in the future. If Iran had this capability, there is NO WAY we would be having this discussion because Iran would have 100% developed nukes. It is a simple fact yet a lot would like to believe in speculations.

Um....what? No Iran had opportunities in the past to make nuclear weapons but chose not to due to various reasons I forgot about (Fatwa, strategic decisions, security reasons, etc...) . Iran has a robust nuclear infrastructure and will inevitably expand it since the JCPOA will most likely fall apart. They definitely did have the ability and can soon or even in the near future, idk what you're on about man.

 

[Pak-Canuck]

I seriously give my hat off to Iran for continuously standing up for themselves. I just came back from a visit there a month ago, despite so many numerous sanctions and hardships these people still continue to thrive, in fact the severe sanctions over the last couple of decades has in part been a blessing in disguise for them. They have become so self-reliant on many issues such as engineering and construction everything from subways to cars, they are becoming more and more independent every year. Sure in terms of quality they have a way bit to go, but in terms of self-reliance they are way ahead of most Muslim countries.

And unless someone has been there personally and spoken to the locals (from all circles, upper, middle and lower class) themselves, they aren't really in a position to comment on what the people there want or prefer in politics/leadership, no matter how much nonsense they see on CNN, BBC etc etc

 

[RoadRunner401]

That means pakistani obsession to Iran.

@khansaheeb is a Maskeen Bakistani he does not speak on behalf of Pakistan.

 

[ARMalik]

But The MuLLaHs though... Jeez lmao I can't stop laughing at how basic of a statement that is, like Mullah days are numbered... ok I guess what's next lol



Um....what? No Iran had opportunities in the past to make nuclear weapons but chose not to due to various reasons I forgot about (Fatwa, strategic decisions, security reasons, etc...) . Iran has a robust nuclear infrastructure and will inevitably expand it since the JCPOA will most likely fall apart. They definitely did have the ability and can soon or even in the near future, idk what you're on about man.

I respect your opinion but I have to disagree. Nuclear technology is a complex technology and its mastery requires expertise which Iran does not have. Also, you do not understand the mindset of an Iranian Mullah. They only compromise when they know very well that they cannot achieve something.

Time will tell but I know that Iran becoming a nuclear power will not happen in your and my life time at least.

 

[OldTwilight]

I already told that Rouhani gov and our current very old decision makers are best chance for the west too strike final blow ....


Of course the west should take some risk but they can win easily at the moment , ...

 

[Sineva]

I respect your opinion but I have to disagree. Nuclear technology is a complex technology and its mastery requires expertise which Iran does not have. Also, you do not understand the mindset of an Iranian Mullah. They only compromise when they know very well that they cannot achieve something.

Time will tell but I know that Iran becoming a nuclear power will not happen in your and my life time at least.

Ahh..,what do you base this on exactly?.Iran has mastered the fuel cycle,in fact it do so well over 10 years ago so in practical terms theres literally nothing to stop iran from enriching uranium to bomb grade,after that even building a crude gun type device is theoretically within the capability of even a high school metalworking class.I mean basically you`re saying that iran in nuclear terms doesnt even have the ability of 1960s china,1970s india,1990s pakistan or 2010s dprk.

 

[TheImmortal]

Let me get this straight Iran suspends parts of the nuclear deal that the US had already made illegal ie no waivers?

What a joke this administration is.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Back to square one folks. I say good for Iran.

 

[khansaheeb]

Many people will not like this but the ground reality is that Iran does NOT have this capability, nor will it achieve this capability in the future. If Iran had this capability, there is NO WAY we would be having this discussion because Iran would have 100% developed nukes. It is a simple fact yet a lot would like to believe in speculations.

Seems like they have the money but not the brains.