Following the decision by Donald Trump to exit the nuclear agreement signed in 2015, Iran announces its intention to resume enrichment of uranium.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking to the crowd that flocked to the mausoleum of Khomeini on the anniversary of his death, announced that Tehran has ordered to start preparations to resume uranium enrichment, stating that "for now" it is moving "Still in the context of the JCPOA agreement"
Words that were confirmed a few hours later when Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the nuclear development program, notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) that the Islamic Republic intends to increase the number of its nuclear centrifuges to increase the capacity of enrich uranium.
Salehi pointed out that starting the production process "does not mean that we will begin to assemble the centrifuges", in fact the agreement provides that, over the first decade, Tehran can build parts of the centrifuges without making them operational, and that it can continue to have an enrichment of uranium at 3,67%, far below the 20% it had reached previously (90% is the threshold for nuclear weapons).
The speech of the Iranian supreme leader worries Benjamin Netanyah, who sees the reopening of the game for control of the Middle East in the Iranian strategy. The Israeli leader in a video message said “Two days ago, Ayatollah Khamenei declared his intention to destroy the State of Israel. Yesterday he explained how he will do it, with limitless enrichment to produce an arsenal of nuclear bombs ”.
The Iranian supreme leader has also spoken harsh words against Europe which, in his opinion, is trying to deceive Iran, by demanding that it continues to accept the limits to nuclear power, without enjoying the economic advantages.
Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister, in recent days, in a letter urged the international community to oppose the "bullying of Washington" to save the agreement born after intense negotiations and "meticulous, sensitive and balanced multilateral talks ”And that it cannot be renegotiated, as the US wants.