(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 8. Iran's nuclear
program is one of the main issues that have recently remained
relevant in the world media.
Iran's nuclear program is literally one of the problems that
make this country, more precisely, the Mullah regime, a headache.
Iran announces to the world that its nuclear program is "peaceful".
At all levels, Iran says the atomic bomb has "no place" in its
military and defense doctrine.
Can a peaceful nuclear program include enriching uranium at a
high level and keeping that uranium hidden from relevant
international organizations within the country for any purpose
other than military?
According to the information obtained by the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has increased the amount of
highly enriched uranium by 27 percent in the last three months, and
currently, the country's enriched uranium reserves are 4,745
kilograms. This is 15 times more than the amount of uranium allowed
for Iran in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
In recent years, Iran has created various underground military
facilities and laboratories and held presentations on them.
Military officials of the Iranian regime note with "great pride"
that there are many such underground military facilities, only a
few of which have been disclosed. No one can guarantee whether
there are "atomic bombs" in those military facilities.
After suspending the implementation of the JCPOA, Iran is in no
hurry to reach an agreement within the framework of the mentioned
plan to effectively enter the next nuclear talks and seems to want
to go into the nuclear talks "with its hands full".
Of course, this desire of Iran does not escape the eyes of the
international community. Taking into account this position of Iran
at the minimum level, the US and the Western countries can take
steps towards sinking the Iranian economy once and for all.
The point is that now the US and the Western countries will make
Iran face a serious choice: either get an "atomic bomb" and turn
the country into a completely closed space or live temporarily
without drowning in a quagmire with a "peaceful" nuclear program
with minor concessions.
In the current situation, Iran can choose the second option and
continue its plan to extend the time.
The above shows that Iran will have to choose between options
regarding its nuclear program, either bad or worse.
In January 2016, JCPOA was launched between Iran and the P5+1
group (US, Russia, China, UK, France, and Germany) in connection
with Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, the US announced its
withdrawal from the deal and imposed sanctions on Iran in November
of the same year. To preserve the agreements reached as part of the
JCPOA, the European signatories of the deal started in January 2019
that a financial mechanism for maintaining trade with Iran called
INSTEX was formed.
On May 8, 2019, Iran announced that it had ceased fulfilling its
commitments regarding the sale of over 300 kilograms of uranium, as
stated in the deal, basing its decision on the other signatories
that have not fulfilled their obligations. On July 7, Iran
announced that it will not be fulfilling its commitments regarding
the enrichment of uranium at 3.67 percent and the reconstruction of
the Arak Heavy Water Reactor Facility as stated in the deal.
Iran announced that it will enrich uranium using next-generation
centrifuges and will not mix it with the enriched uranium residues
as part of the third step of reducing commitments in JCPOA on
Sept.5. On Nov. 5, 2019, Iran announced that it took the fourth
step in connection with reducing its commitments to the nuclear
agreement. So, uranium gas is being pumped to the centrifuges at
the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.
On Jan.2020, Iran took the last fifth step in reducing the
number of its commitments within JCPOA.
On May 8, 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the 5+1 group
(Russia, China, the UK, France, the US, and Germany), and imposed
new sanctions against Iran as of November 2018.
Over the past period, the sanctions affected Iranian oil
exports, more than 700 banks, companies, and individuals. The
sanctions have resulted in the freezing of Iranian assets
abroad.
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