Iran has exceeded the threshold for heavy water stocks laid down in the nuclear agreement, the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA announced in Vienna. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has a maximum of 130 tons of water.
The plant is in use and have exceeded the limit for the first time since the announced gradual withdrawal of Tehran from the international nuclear agreement, the IAEA said. With the heavy water plutonium can be produced for the production of nuclear weapons.
The 2015 nuclear deal is designed to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons and put the country's nuclear program under international control. In return, international and national sanctions against Iran had been lifted. Since May, however, the country has gradually withdrawn from the agreement, Tehran responded to the unilateral US exit and the reintroduction of US economic sanctions.
Exception approval expires
With an exemption, Iran is still able to cooperate with Russia and European states in the Iranian nuclear plants Fordo, Arak and Bushehr. The approval for the location Fordo leaves the US but now expire.
"There is no legitimate reason to resume uranium enrichment in Fordo," said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announcing the end of the dispensation for December 15. Pompeo accused Iran of attempting "nuclear blackmail". "The right amount of uranium enrichment for the world's biggest terrorist promoter is zero," he said.
