A 2005 State Department report regarding states’ compliance with arms control and nonproliferation agreements argued that Iran had violated Article II of the NPT: The breadth of Iran’s nuclear development efforts, the secrecy and deceptions with which they have been conducted for nearly 20 years, its redundant and surreptitious procurement channels, Iran’s persistent failure to comply with its obligations to report to the IAEA and to apply safeguards to such activities, and the lack of a reasonable economic justification for this program leads us to conclude that Iran is pursuing an effort to manufacture nuclear weapons, and has sought and received assistance in this effort in violation of Article II of the NPT.
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Tehran’s Compliance with International Obligations Congressional Research Service 24 Appendix A. Iranian Adherence to JCPOA Nuclear Program Restrictions140 Iran’s number of installed centrifuges, low-enriched uranium (LEU) stockpile, LEU uranium-235 (u-235) concentration, and enrichment locations exceed JCPOA-mandated limits. Tehran is also conducting JCPOA-prohibited research and development (R&D), as well as centrifuge installation. In addition, Iran has produced uranium metal in violation of the JCPOA. Operating Centrifuges Under the JCPOA, Iran is to use only its commercial-scale facility at Natanz for enriching uranium. Tehran is to use no more than 5,060 IR-1 centrifuges for this purpose. Iran has retained these centrifuges and installed additional IR-1 centrifuges. Tehran has also installed JCPOA- prohibited IR-2m, IR-4, and IR-6 centrifuges in the facility and is using all three types of centrifuges for enriching uranium. In addition, Iran is using IR-2m, IR-4, IR-5, IR-6, and IR-6s centrifuges to produce enriched uranium at Tehran’s pilot enrichment facility. Iran is also enriching uranium using IR-1 and IR-6 centrifuges in Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility.
Heavy Water As noted, Iran’s stock of heavy water exceeded the JCPOA-required limit of 130 metric tons on two occasions since the P5+1 began implementing the agreement. Beginning in November 2019, IAEA reports have noted that Iran has on several additional occasions exceeded this limit. Since February 23, 2021, Iran has neither informed the IAEA about its heavy water inventory “nor allowed the Agency to monitor the quantities of Iran’s heavy water stocks and the amount of heavy water produced.”
(the JCPOA)
A deal made by fools to fool other fools.
All it did was give cover to Iran and present a facade to the world 🌎🌍.
BURNS: They plan to have a functional nuclear weapon between November 15, 2024, and January 1, 2025.
BIDEN: Whew. If they announced it before the election, that could have killed my campaign. If Trump wins and they announce it before the Trump administration gets its feet under it in January 2025, they won't be able to do anything to stop it. God is Great!
Iran’s first bomb will be tested inside the U.S., IMHO...
When it happen, Iran will be indicted and released on its own recognizance with orders to show up in court in 2032...