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In this satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, Iran’s Natanz nuclear site is seen on March 14, 2022. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday, April 14, 2022, that it had installed surveillance cameras to monitor a new centrifuge workshop at Iran’s underground Natanz site at the request of Tehran, even as diplomatic efforts to restore the broken nuclear deal appeared to be stalling seem to be.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PARIS – France, Germany, Britain and the United States (US) condemned Iran’s increase in uranium production with a purity of 60 percent. Approaching levels that could be used to produce nuclear weapons.
The allies did not mention in their joint statement what consequences the escalation would have for Iran. But she called on Iran to reduce the purity of its uranium and said it remained committed to a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program.
“There is no credible civil justification for Iran’s production of high-purity uranium. This decision represents reckless behavior in the context of regional tensions,” the four countries said in a statement on Friday (December 29, 2023).
Since Israel invaded Gaza, Iranian-backed proxies have attacked merchant ships passing through the Red Sea and U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria. These attacks increased tensions in the region.
In its report on Tuesday (December 27, 2023), the UN Nuclear Regulatory Agency (IAEA) said that Iran had again increased its production of enriched uranium by up to 60 percent. After slowing it down for several months.
“We condemn this action, which contributes to the unchecked escalation of Iran’s nuclear program,” France, Germany, Britain and the United States said in the joint statement.
Iran dismissed the IAEA report as “nothing new” and said it was carrying out its nuclear program in accordance with regulations. The purity of Iranian uranium, which reaches 60 percent, is a concern for Western countries. Because if it is enriched to 90 percent, Iran can have nuclear weapons.
Iran denies having nuclear weapons. Britain, France and Germany are still members of the 2015 deal to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. In 2018, former US President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the agreement. This decision led Iran to gradually violate the agreement.
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