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Iran is ready to increase its uranium enrichment to higher levels if talks fail with Europe over the recovery of the nuclear deal, said Tuesday a senior official
. prepare the ground for eventually increasing the level of enrichment if necessary and if negotiations with Europeans fail, "said Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesperson and vice president of the Iranian Energy Organization. At a press conference in Tehran, we continue, of course, to execute and implement our obligations on the basis of JCPOA, "he said, referring to the nuclear deal. of 2015 with the world powers that impose strict limits on its atomic program in exchange for sanctions.At the same time, taking into account all scenarios, we are preparing, "he added.
The United States announced in May that they were abandoning the 2015 agreement and reimposing sanctions related to the European and European companies signatory to the agreement – Britain, France and Germany – have presented a series of economic "guarantees" to Iran to try to save the deal. this month, but they were deemed "insufficient" by Tehran.
Negotiations are continuing and Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on Monday that they could last several "weeks," according to state television. To put pressure on the Europeans, Iran has announced a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity with new centrifuges in case the agreement is reached. would collapse, while refusing any desire to make a nuclear weapon.
enriching uranium at 3.67% – well below the level of about 90% required for nuclear weapons.
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