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Iran Can Resume Uranium Production in Few Months, IAEA Chief Says
Iran Can Resume Uranium Production in Few Months, IAEA Chief Says
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On Thursday, Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf criticized the IAEA as "serving" Israel and vowed to suspend cooperation until the safety of... 29.06.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Iran can resume the production of enriched uranium in a few months, it has the industrial and technological capabilities to do so, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said.Iran has the industrial and technological capabilities to produce enriched uranium, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi pointed out. On Friday, Iranian FM Araghchi dismissed Grossi's call to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities as pointless and potentially malicious. On the night of June 13, Israel launched an operation against Iran, accusing it of implementing a secret military nuclear program. The targets of aerial bombardments and raids by sabotage groups were nuclear facilities, generals, prominent nuclear physicists, and air bases.Iran rejected the accusations, responding with its own attacks. The parties exchanged strikes for 12 days, which were joined by the United States, which carried out a one-time attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on the night of June 22. After that, Tehran launched missile strikes on the US base Al Udeid in Qatar on the evening of June 23, stating that the Iranian side did not intend to escalate further.US President Donald Trump then expressed hope that by striking the US military base in Qatar, Iran had "let off steam" and that a path to peace and harmony in the Middle East was now possible. He also said Israel and Iran had agreed to a truce that would, after 24 hours, formally ending the 12-day war.
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Iran Can Resume Uranium Production in Few Months, IAEA Chief Says
On Thursday, Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf criticized the IAEA as "serving" Israel and vowed to suspend cooperation until the safety of Iranian nuclear facilities was ensured.
Iran can resume the production of enriched uranium in a few months, it has the industrial and technological capabilities to do so, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said.
Iran has the industrial and technological capabilities to produce enriched uranium, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi pointed out.
"One cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there," he told a US broadcaster. There is now an opportunity to return to the negotiating table to find a "technically sound" solution regarding Iran's nuclear program, Grossi added.
On Friday, Iranian FM Araghchi dismissed Grossi's call to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities as pointless and potentially malicious.
On the night of June 13, Israel launched an operation against Iran, accusing it of implementing a secret military nuclear program. The targets of aerial bombardments and raids by sabotage groups were nuclear facilities, generals, prominent nuclear physicists, and air bases.
Iran rejected the accusations, responding with its own attacks. The parties exchanged strikes for 12 days, which were joined by the United States, which carried out a one-time attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on the night of June 22. After that, Tehran launched missile strikes on the US base Al Udeid in Qatar on the evening of June 23, stating that the Iranian side did not intend to escalate further.
US President Donald Trump then expressed hope that by striking the US military base in Qatar, Iran had "let off steam" and that a path to peace and harmony in the Middle East was now possible. He also said Israel and Iran had agreed to a truce that would, after 24 hours, formally ending the 12-day war.
