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    Iran has broken stockpile limit set by nuclear deal, FM Zarif says

    Source: France 24
    July 1, 2019 at 11:34
    ATTA KENARE / AFP | Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a joint press conference with his German counterpart (unseen) in the capital Tehran on June 10, 2019.
    ATTA KENARE / AFP | Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a joint press conference with his German counterpart (unseen) in the capital Tehran on June 10, 2019.
    Iran acknowledged Monday it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord.

    Iran had been expected for days to acknowledge it broke the limit after earlier warning it would do so. It held off on publicly making an announcement as European leaders met to discuss ways to save the accord. Iran has threatened to increase its enrichment of uranium closer to weapons-grade levels by July 7.

    The announcement comes as tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S. In recent weeks, the wider Persian Gulf has seen Iran shoot down a U.S. military surveillance drone, mysterious attacks on oil tankers and Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen launching bomb-laden drones into Saudi Arabia.

    The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as making the uranium announcement on Monday. IRNA reported that Zarif, answering a reporter's question if Iran had broken the limit, said: "Yes." The report did not elaborate.

    The deal limited Iran to 300 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 3.67 percent.

    (AP)
     

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