(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. The development of
Iran's nuclear industry has created additional power for the
country, over the past years, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said
after getting acquainted with the Exhibition of Achievements of
Iran's Nuclear Industry in Tehran on June 18, 2023, trend reports.
The president emphasized that some in the world imagine that
power comes from the production of nuclear weapons. However, Iran
has repeatedly announced that despite the country having such a
potential, it will never pursue the production of nuclear weapons
based on its religious beliefs and the instructions of Iran's
Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Raisi added that achievements in the nuclear industry should be
directed to other industries, especially the automotive industry,
so that other industries can also develop.
He also noted that the nuclear industry, technology and its
products have significant impacts in the health and medical,
agricultural, industrial, and oil and gas sectors.
As reported, Iran discloses various programs related to its
nuclear industry to reflect that its nuclear program is for
peaceful purposes. However, according to the information obtained
by the International Atomic Energy Agency, 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 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.
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