Both are in operation and have more speed than the IR1 machines. Iran has installed 1,000 IR2 centrifuge machines and one cascade of 164 IR4 machines. The amount of the material was 17 kilograms in January. Iran's stockpile of 20% enriched uranium has reached 55 kilograms (121 pounds), moving its nuclear program closer to weapons-grade enrichment levels. Iran denies it is pursuing nuclear weapons, and says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Israel maintains Iran still maintains the ambition of developing nuclear weapons, pointing to Tehran's ballistic missile program and research into other technologies.
Iran responded by intensifying its enrichment of uranium and building centrifuges in plain violation of the accord, while insisting that its nuclear development is for civilian not military purposes. out of the nuclear accord in 2018, accusing Iran of failing to live up to the agreement, opting for what he called a maximum-pressure campaign of stepped-up U.S. Since January, Iran has begun enriching uranium at up to 20% purity, a technical step away from weapons-grade levels, though Iran's leadership insists the country has no desire to develop a nuclear weapon.įormer U.S. The country also announced it had launched a chain of 164 IR-6 centrifuges on Saturday, and is also developing IR-8 centrifuges. The IR-9's output is 50 times quicker than the first Iranian centrifuge, the IR-1.
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