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Iran is increasing its uranium reserves in violation of international agreements. The UN nuclear watchdog says it has 10 times more uranium than it is supposed to have under the 2015 nuclear deal.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) quoted Al Jazeera as saying that as of August 25, Iran had 2,105.04 kg of uranium reserves.
In 2015, the United States, Iran, France, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia signed a nuclear agreement called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Under the agreement, Iran will be able to store only 202.8 kg of uranium.
The IAEA also said that although Iran has been approved to store 3.7 percent enriched uranium, it is storing between four and five percent enriched uranium.
When US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2016, Iran began enriching uranium in retaliation for US sanctions.
Despite Iran’s claims, they have carried out their nuclear program for purely peaceful purposes.
Iran has recently said that it will allow IAEA inspectors access to two suspicious nuclear facilities. Where the samples required for testing have been collected from one facility and the sample collection date from the other has ended.
Note that the least enriched uranium, with a concentration of three to five percent, is used only as fuel for power plants. The uranium concentration in weapons is 90 percent or more.
