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Iran warns UN nuclear agency over enrichment plans
Deutsche Welle ^ | 07.06.2021 | jf/msh (AFP, AP, Reuters)

Posted on 07/06/2021 7:21:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Iran told the UN’s nuclear watchdog on Tuesday that it plans to produce uranium metal enriched to up to 20% purity for reactor fuel in a move that the US branded “provocative.”

Such a development would put Tehran in further breach of a 2015 nuclear accord negotiated under the Barack Obama administration. The deal bans all work on uranium metal since it can be used to make the core of a nuclear bomb. It committed Iran to sourcing such material from abroad rather than producing it domestically.

“We have made clear that such provocative steps would not and will not provide Iran with any leverage in negotiations,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price said. “We continue to urge Iran to stop this brinkmanship.”

Britain, France and Germany backed the US calls for Iran to back down, issuing a joint statement saying they noted the IAEA announcement with “grave concern.” …

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iaea; iran; rop; uranium
Sorry, Ned: Nobody believes you, particularly after your boss started sending money to Fatah/Hamas again.
1 posted on 07/06/2021 7:21:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The Israelis will be very busy being ‘creative’. Good for them.


2 posted on 07/06/2021 7:22:48 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Olog-hai

“We continue to urge Iran to stop this brinkmanship.” - U.S. State Dept.

Robin Williams, commenting on the unarmed British Bobbies, “Halt!, or I shall be forced to say Halt again!”.


3 posted on 07/06/2021 7:36:52 PM PDT by Roadrunner383
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To: Olog-hai
We have made clear that such provocative steps would not and will not provide Iran with any leverage in negotiations...

They're shaking in their turbans. The negotiations are over a surrender schedule, nothing more. One more, and perhaps the most dangerous, of the "cancel everything Trump did" mania of this lunatic administration.

4 posted on 07/06/2021 7:41:57 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

5 posted on 07/07/2021 8:12:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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