The UN warned this Tuesday that Iran has enriched “worrying amounts” of uranium, a process that makes it possible to produce nuclear weapons, and warned of the risk of lack of progress in relaunching the deal to limit Iran’s nuclear energy.
“Despite efforts made by the participants in the agreement and the United States since April 2021 to resolve the existing disagreements, the United States and Iran have still failed to fully and effectively reactivate the agreement,” lamented the secretary general. United Nations Assistant General for Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, at the United Nations Security Council.
In 2015, Iran signed with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and China, in addition to the indirect participation of the United States, an agreement on the production of nuclear energy, which limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions against the country .
However, in 2018, the administration of former US President Donald Trump unilaterally reneged on the agreement and reintroduced heavy sanctions against Iran, prompting Tehran to return to its nuclear efforts and uranium enrichment a year later.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “communicated Iran’s intention to install new centrifuges [para enriquecimento de urânio] at the Natanz plant and to produce more 60% enriched uranium,” said Rosemary DiCarlo.
The agreement signed in 2015 limited Iran’s uranium enrichment to 3.67%.
While the agency has been unable to verify the amount of enriched uranium stored in the country, Iran is estimated to have more than 18 times the amount allowed under the nuclear deal, including worrying amounts of 20% and 60% enriched. uranium.” , said the UN official, asking Tehran to “undo the measures it has taken since July 2019 that fail to meet its nuclear commitments.”
Rosemary DiCarlo also called on the United States to “lift or refrain from applying” sanctions imposed on Iran, including “on the oil trade”, though she stressed that “it is important that Tehran address the concerns raised by the Agreement Participants and other Members of States” on Iran’s ballistics program.
Ukraine, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States have filed complaints about Iran’s supply of “drones” (unmanned aerial vehicles) to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine, DiCarlo said, adding that his office “is using the available information is being reviewed”. and will inform the Council [de Segurança da ONU] of the conclusions”.
Despite the impasse in the negotiations, Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, met today in Jordan with the European Union’s head of diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in a meeting also attended by the European Union. coordinator overseeing the negotiations in Vienna, Enrique Mora, and Iran’s chief negotiator, Ali Bagheri.
Amir-Abdollahian admitted on Monday that the meeting in Jordan was “an opportunity” to restart negotiations on Iran’s nuclear issue.
Source: DN
