{"id":251099,"date":"2021-11-20T10:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=251099"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:38:34","slug":"nuclear-talks-in-vienna-tehran-continues-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/nuclear-talks-in-vienna-tehran-continues-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Talks in Vienna: Tehran Continues Extortion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The International Atomic Energy Agency released new reports on Wednesday which detailed Iran\u2019s provocative nuclear activities<\/a> and unresolved conflicts between the agency and the regime. The reports highlight a persistent lack of cooperation by the Iranian regime\u2019s authorities even as they prepare to resume talks in Vienna aimed at restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The IAEA\u2019s report estimated that stockpiles of the regime’s most highly enriched nuclear material had grown to 17.7 kg, from only 10 kg at the time of a previous report in August. Experts indicate that if refine further, this could yield 10 kg of 90-percent enriched uranium or about half of what would be needed for a nuclear weapon. In view of the regime\u2019s present capabilities, it would likely be able to derive a further 10 kg of weapons-grade material from lower-enriched stockpiles in a matter of a few months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In October, following the release of the IAEA\u2019s most recent quarterly report, the new head of the Atomic Energy Organization of\u00a0the regime\u00a0boasted that\u00a0they\u00a0had accumulated more than 120 kg of 20-percent enriched uranium. This figure was nearly 50 percent greater than the IAEA\u2019s estimate, and Mohammad\u00a0Eslami<\/a>\u00a0made a point of emphasizing that\u00a0Tehran\u2019s\u00a0stockpiles \u201chave more than that figure.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The vagueness of this statement was presumably intended to goad the international community over the limitations that were imposed on the IAEA\u2019s work early this year. In February, nuclear inspectors were very nearly ejected from\u00a0Iran\u00a0following the implementation of a law that the\u00a0regime\u2019s\u00a0parliament had passed\u00a0in an effort to\u00a0pressure Western\u00a0countries\u00a0to either remove or begin violating US sanctions that had been\u00a0reimposed. A last-minute agreement brokered by IAEA Director General Rafael\u00a0Grossi\u00a0prevented the ouster, but inspectors were thenceforth denied their previous access to nuclear facilities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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