Germany, Britain and France have expressed deep concern over Iran’s increased uranium enrichment activities and have called on Tehran to halt its nuclear program and reverse these developments.
Rafael Grossi, head of the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Reuters on Friday that Iran was refining its uranium enrichment to 60 percent, reaching about 90 percent of weapons grade. is
Enrichment improves the raw material so that it can be used for civil nuclear power generation or possibly as fuel in nuclear weapons. Iran has long denied having nuclear weapons.
Germany, Britain and France, informally known as the E3, said in a joint statement that they had agreed to the latest significant increase in the production rate of enriched uranium at Iran’s underground Fordow facility by 60 percent. Condemned the actions.
“We are also very concerned to learn that Iran has increased the number of centrifuges in use and has begun preparations to install additional enrichment infrastructure, which would increase Iran’s enrichment capacity,” he said. Capacity is increasing further.”
He added that Iran’s actions further undermine the 2015 nuclear deal and will add to Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium that already has “no credible civilian justification”.
“We urge Iran to reverse these actions, and immediately halt its nuclear activities,” he said.