The Shia-Islamic regime has stepped up the production of near-weapons-grade uranium, bringing it closer to building a nuclear bomb, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed this week. “Iran has increased the rate at which it is producing near weapons grade uranium in recent weeks,” the Associated Press reported on December 26, citing IAEA officials.
The Biden administration responded to Iran, the world’s biggest state-sponsor of jihad and terrorism, rushing to build nukes with a strongly-worded letter cosigned by Britain, France and Germany, the French state-run TV France24 noted December 28.
When President Joe Biden took office three years ago, he reversed the Trump administration’s policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran and eased a series of sanctions on the regime – all in a bid to restore the Obama-era nuclear deal with the mullahs. Desperate to appease Tehran, Biden even lifted the terrorist organization label for the Iranian-sponsored Yemen’s Houthi militia, which is now wreaking havoc in the Red Sea by disrupting the global maritime trade as it stages relentless terror attacks against cargo ships.
“West condemns Iran’s accelerated uranium enrichment,” France24, December 28, 2023:
In a joint statement, Britain, France, Germany and the US said they “condemn this measure that further aggravates the continued escalation of the Iranian nuclear programme,” adding that “Iran’s production of highly enriched uranium has no credible civilian justification”.
The statement came two days after the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report saying Iran “increased its production of highly enriched uranium, reversing a previous output reduction from mid-2023.”
Iran had increased its output of 60 percent enriched uranium to a rate of about nine kilograms (20 pounds) a month since the end of November, the UN watchdog said.
That is up from about three kilograms a month since June, and a return to the nine kilograms a month it was producing during the first half of 2023.
In their statement on Thursday, the Western powers said that “these developments constitute a step in a bad direction on the part of Iran”, warning of “significant proliferation risks”.
“These decisions show the absence of will on the part of Iran to engage in a de-escalation in good faith and result in irresponsible behaviour in the context of regional tensions,” the statement said.
Responding to the IAEA report, Iran’s top nuclear official Mohammad Eslami said: “We have done nothing new and our activity is according to the regulations”.
Enrichment levels of around 90 percent are required for use in a nuclear weapon….
