Business Insider: Iran Announced Its Second Nuclear Deal Violation In A Week, And Said It Could Begin Making Weapons-Grade Uranium Immediately
* Iran has announced its second violation in a week of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal.
* The Iranian government announced Sunday, the end of a 60-day deadline given to the deal's remaining signatories, that it has begun enriching uranium above the 3.67% purity threshold set forth in the nuclear agreement.
* On Monday, Iran announced that its stockpile of low-enriched uranium had grown beyond the 300 kg limit set in the nuclear deal. The country also said it would start enriching uranium at weapons-grade levels on July 7.
Iran announced its second violation in a week of the landmark deal meant to slow the country's march to a nuclear bomb.
Iranian officials announced Sunday that Iran has increased uranium enrichment beyond the purity limits set in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an accord commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, CNN reported.
Iranian government spokesperson Ali Rabiei said that his country has started enriching uranium above a concentration of 3.67%, the agreed upon threshold. Low-enriched uranium at that level is suitable for powering nuclear reactors, but it is far from weapons grade.
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WNU Editor: Iran is saying that these measures are reversible if sanctions are removed .... Iran says its measures to reduce commitment to nuclear deal 'reversible' (Reuters).
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