Iran threatens to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia. May 8, 2019
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif insisted that the decision to partially withdraw from certain provisions did not violate the agreement, and asserted it was provoked by US actions toward Iran.TRT World'sUnder terms of the deal, Iran can keep a stockpile of no more than 300 kilograms of low-enriched uranium. That's compared to the 10,000 kilograms of higher-enriched uranium it once had.
Currently, the accord limits Iran to enriching uranium to 3.67 percent, which can fuel a commercial nuclear power plant.
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