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Iran, Joe Biden's first international test

2021-01-18T17:49:45.009Z


Tehran raises the stakes before a possible discussion with the future Administration. With the Navalny affair, this will be the first international test of the new Biden Administration and we can already say that it seems badly started. Since the start of the year, the Iranians have again stepped up the pace at which they violate the 2015 nuclear deal, the JCPOA. They first announced the resumption of enrichment of uranium at 20%, an important step in their march towards the bomb,


With the Navalny affair, this will be the first international test of the new Biden Administration and we can already say that it seems badly started.

Since the start of the year, the Iranians have again stepped up the pace at which they violate the 2015 nuclear deal, the JCPOA.

They first announced the resumption of enrichment of uranium at 20%, an important step in their march towards the bomb, which takes a qualitative leap in the military nuclear program.

Iranian authorities have also announced their intention to restart production of uranium metal, a component that can be used to make nuclear weapons.

They also threaten to call into question the inspection regime of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the nuclear gendarme.

This new hardening of the Iranian position has several explanations.

Some experts see it as a response to the assassination, on November 27, of a major nuclear program

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Source: lefigaro

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