Iran at the nuclear facility in Fordow has enriched uranium to 20 percent. This was announced by the representative of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behruz Kamalvandi , IRINN reports .
According to him, the twenty percent enrichment was achieved on Monday, January 4, at about 7 pm local time.
The launch of the uranium enrichment process at the level of 20 percent was previously announced by the official representative of the Iranian government, Ali Rabia. The country has ratified the law “Strategic measure to lift sanctions”, which provides for the production of uranium with an enrichment level of 20 percent and above.
In May, the Iranian authorities announced that they were suspending the fulfillment of part of the obligations on the nuclear program under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This decision by Tehran is due to the fact that in May 2018 the United States accused the Iranian side of violating the terms of the plan and unilaterally withdrew from the deal concluded in 2015, as well as imposed sanctions on Iran.
The JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Action Plan) treaty on Iran was signed in the summer of 2015 between Tehran and six intermediary countries – Russia, the USA, Great Britain, China, France, Germany.