Britain, France and Germany accuse Iran of growing its stockpile of high enriched uranium to ‘unprecedented levels’ without ‘any credible civilian justification’

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1. Agence France-Presse:

   *[…] The three countries known as the E3 said in a statement ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on Tehran’s nuclear program that Iran must “reverse its nuclear escalation.”*

   *Iran has increased its manufacturing of enriched uranium such that it is the only non-nuclear weapons state to possess uranium enriched to 60 percent, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog said.*

   *That level is well on the way to the 90 percent required for an atomic bomb.*

   *[…] Last week Berlin, London and Paris raised the prospect of using a mechanism in a landmark 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program that allows signatories to reimpose sanctions which had been eased.*

   *That deal with Tehran traded sanctions relief for limits on its nuclear program. It was signed by Iran on one side and France, Germany, Britain, China, Russia and the United States on the other.*

   *But in 2018, then-US president Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement and reimposed US sanctions against Iran.*

   *Iran has retaliated by escalating its production of uranium enriched to 60 percent.*

2. Considering that the Iranian foreign policy of proxy organisations had been almost completely neutered over the last few months, I’d imagine that many decision makers in Tehran have come to the conclusion that a domestic Nuclear capability is now not only desirable but crucial to maintain regional parity with Israel, and to a lesser extent gaining leverage on the international stage.

   We’ve seen that their Ballistic missiles can get through Iron Dome so if they can get the warheads working it shouldn’t matter about Israeli aerial dominance, and will ensure their security allowing the regime to focus on internal stability.

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