{"id":131751,"date":"2024-11-30T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T04:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131751"},"modified":"2024-11-30T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T04:43:06","slug":"iran-to-begin-enriching-uranium-with-thousands-of-advanced-centrifuges-un-watchdog-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131751","title":{"rendered":"Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog said Friday, further raising tensions over Tehran\u2019s program as it <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-program-raisi-helicopter-crash-diplomacy-27de312812676e698219a38e69bb9233\">enriches at near weapons-grade levels<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>The notice from the International Atomic Energy Agency only mentioned Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5% purity, far lower than the 60% it currently does \u2014 likely signaling that it still wants to negotiate with the West and the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>However, it remains unclear how Trump will approach Iran once he enters office, particularly as it continues to threaten to attack Israel amid its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and just after a ceasefire started in its campaign in Lebanon. Trump withdrew America from Iran\u2019s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018, setting in motion a series of attacks and incidents across the wider Mideast.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment over the IAEA\u2019s report. Tehran had threatened to rapidly advance its program after the Board of Governors at the IAEA <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-nuclear-watchdog-iaea-iran-4706276a489b1a4cce2ca6260d0b3182\">condemned Iran at a meeting in November<\/a><\/span> for failing to cooperate fully with the agency. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the IAEA outlined the plans Iran informed it of, which include feeding uranium into some 45 cascades of its advanced IR-2M, IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges.<\/p>\n<p>Cascades are a group of centrifuges that spin uranium gas together to more quickly enrich the uranium. Each of these advanced classes of centrifuges enrich uranium faster than Iran\u2019s baseline IR-1 centrifuges, which have been the workhorse of the country\u2019s atomic program. The IAEA did not elaborate on how many machines would be in each cascade but Iran has put around 160 centrifuges into a single cascade in the past. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if Iran has begun feeding the uranium yet into the centrifuges. Tehran so far has been vague about its plans. But starting the enrichment at 5% gives Tehran both leverage at negotiations with the West and another way to dial up the pressure if they don\u2019t like what they hear. Weapons-grade levels of enrichment are around 90%.<\/p>\n<p>Since <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-iran-dubai-nuclear-d96093efcf1e6b8581138b9db48cbedc\">the collapse of Iran\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers<\/a><\/span> following the U.S.\u2019 unilateral withdrawal from the accord in 2018, it has pursued nuclear enrichment just below weapons-grade levels. U.S. intelligence agencies and others assess that Iran has yet to begin a weapons program.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department said in a statement to The Associated Press it was \u201cdeeply concerned with Iran\u2019s announcement that it is choosing the path of continued escalation as opposed to cooperation with the IAEA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s continued production and accumulation of uranium enriched up to 60% has no credible civilian justification,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Iran, as a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, has pledged to allow the IAEA to visit its atomic sites to ensure its program is peaceful. Tehran also had agreed to additional oversight from the IAEA as part of the 2015 nuclear deal, which saw sanctions lifted in exchange for drastically limiting its program. <\/p>\n<p>However, for years Iran has curtailed inspectors\u2019 access to sites while also not fully answering questions about other sites where nuclear material has been found in the past after the deal\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials in recent months, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-deal-khamenei-us-tensions-bc11763f45041ac84171ebc3866f1273\">including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-presidential-runoff-election-masoud-pezeshkian-profile-a07e9921fa8c25b1a05333e128c03916\">reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a><\/span>, had signaled a willingness to negotiate with the West. But Iran also has launched two attacks on Israel amid the war. <\/p>\n<p>Kazem Gharibabadi, an Iranian diplomat, said in a post on the social platform X that he met with EU diplomat Enrique Mora, criticizing Europe as being \u201cself-centered\u201d while having \u201cirresponsible behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to the nuclear issue of Iran, Europe has failed to be a serious player due to lack of self-confidence and responsibility,\u201d Gharibabadi wrote. <\/p>\n<p>For his part, Mora described having a \u201cfrank discussion\u201d with Gharibabadi and another Iranian diplomat. Those talks included \u201cIran\u2019s military support to Russia that has to stop, the nuclear issue that needs a diplomatic solution, regional tensions (important to avoid further escalation from all sides) and human rights,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writer Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-iaea-mideast-wars-israel-7450481f9e42ea5b786c5d672ec382a1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131751\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}