U.N.: Iran Enriched Enough Uranium to Make 3 Nuclear Weapons in Past 3 Months

A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) whose contents were revealed by multiple international media outlets this weekend expressed “serious concern” with the rapid rate of Iran’s uranium enrichment, which it reportedly claimed was enough to make one nuclear bomb a month in the past three months.

Uranium enrichment has been a critical topic of discussion in negotiations between Iran and the administration of President Donald Trump in the past two months. The talks, led by Trump’s Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, have consisted in five meetings so far mediated by officials from the government of Oman. The two sides do not agree on the objective of the negotiations: 

Iranian officials say the goal is to lift American sanctions on their country, while the Americans have stated the objective is to end Iran’s illicit enrichment and nuclear weapons development. High-level Iranian officials throughout the Islamist regime have insisted in the past month that they would not accept any limits on uranium enrichment, while Witkoff has insistedthat halting enrichment is a “red line” for Trump. (Read More)