Iran insists ready to resume 20% uranium enrichment if JCPOA crashes

TEHRAN – Iran’s nuclear chief says the Islamic Republic is not “bluffing” when it says it is ready to resume twenty-percent uranium enrichment at the Fordow nuclear facility in case the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal fail to abide by the accord, Press TV reported on Thursday.

MP says U.S. was given samples from Iranian nuclear rotor sediments in late 2016

TEHRAN – MP Hosseinali Haji-Deligani on Monday accused the government of having gone beyond the 2015 deal - aka Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – by giving samples of nuclear rotor sediments to Americans.

Iran started talks with U.S. after Obama accepted Iran’s right to uranium enrichment: Amir Abdollahian

TEHRAN - Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, has said Iran began talks with the United States in 2011 after then U.S. President Barack Obama accepted Iran’s right to enrich uranium and through a mediation by Oman.

Zarif said says “oil and banks” are the litmus test for keeping the nuclear deal alive. 

Tehran says will boost enrichment if EU acts passively

TEHRAN – Tehran says it could increase uranium enrichment if the European Union continues to act passively in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.

IAEA: Iran sticking to the nuclear deal

Iran has remained within the main restrictions on its nuclear activities imposed by a 2015 deal with major powers, a confidential report by the UN atomic watchdog said on Thursday.

Iran to receive second batch of enriched uranium

TEHRAN – Iran will soon receive a second batch of 20 percent-enriched uranium which has been kept in Russia under the 2015 nuclear deal and now will be used at the Tehran nuclear reactor, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Saturday.