International Atomic Energy Agency: Iran has installed more powerful centrifuges

Iran continues to break away from the limitations of the nuclear agreement. According to a statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, the country has installed additional centrifuges in Natanz that could be used for faster and more efficient uranium enrichment. At the weekend, the centrifuges have not yet been put into operation, said IAEA spokesman Fredrik Dahl.

The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) wants to work on more modern and faster centrifuges to make uranium enrichment faster and more effective. Their spokesman, Behrouz Kamalwandi, last announced during a press conference broadcast on Iranian television: "We have begun to lift the restrictions on our research and development imposed by the agreement."

Iran has broken the nuclear agreement negotiated in Vienna in 2015 in a third point and continues to put pressure on the European contractors France, Great Britain and Germany. From the point of view of the Islamic Republic, they should find a way in which the US sanctions can be circumvented in trade with Iran. In return, Iran was promised to normalize economic relations in the nuclear deal.

However, in May 2018, the US unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear agreement. The US government has since relied on a policy of "maximum pressure" to force the Tehran leadership to negotiate a new deal with stricter conditions. Iran, in turn, increased its uranium reserves and enrichment levels, overriding the agreement.