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'Serious concern' over Iran's planned centrifuge installation
Western powers sound alarm over Iranian regime's plan to install additional centrifuges to enrich uranium at facilities in Fordo and Natanz.
![Atomic Energy Organization of Iran director Mohammad Eslami speaks during a media briefing at IAEA's General Conference in Vienna, Austria, on September 16. [Joe Klamar/AFP]](/gc3/images/2024/12/12/48412-iran-nuclear-chief-370_237.webp)
By Pishtaz |
The Iranian regime plans a major increase in the production rate of highly enriched uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said December 6 in a confidential report.
An updated design of Iran's Fordo plant showed that the effect of the change "would be to significantly increase the rate of production of uranium enriched up to 60 percent," the IAEA report said, adding that production will jump to more than 34kg of highly enriched uranium per month, compared to 4.7kg previously.
The regime's plans to install about 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium at facilities in Fordo and Natanz have raised "serious concern" from Western powers who have sought to censure its nuclear program.
Centrifuges are machines that enrich uranium transformed into gas by rotating it at very high speed, increasing the proportion of fissile isotope material (U-235).
The Iranian regime's announcement about the centrifuges on November 29 came after a censure resolution targeting the Islamic Republic, brought to the 35-nation IAEA board by the United States, Britain, France and Germany was adopted November 21.
"We note with serious concern Iran's announcement... that, instead of responding to the resolution with cooperation, it plans to respond with further expansion of its nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful rationale," the four nations said in a joint statement.
"We expect Iran to reengage on the path of dialogue and cooperation with the agency," they said in the statement, released by the US State Department.
'Major threat to global security'
Iran's nuclear ambitions pose a major global security threat even after setbacks dealt to Hamas and Hizbullah, the UK's foreign intelligence chief Richard Moore said November 29.
"Iran's allied militias across the Middle East have suffered serious blows," he said. "But the regime's nuclear ambitions continue to threaten all of us."
Moore added that "the Iranian regime maintains its efforts to eliminate dissidents at home and abroad."
Critics fear Iran is attempting to develop a nuclear weapon -- a claim it has repeatedly denied.
In their statement, the United States, Britain, France and Germany welcomed the adoption of the IAEA resolution, saying it was in response to Iran's "continued failure" to cooperate with the watchdog in a timely manner.
The resolution says it is "essential and urgent" for Iran to "act to fulfill its legal obligations" under the Non-Proliferation Treaty ratified in 1970.
The text also calls on Tehran to provide "technically credible explanations" for the presence of uranium particles found at two undeclared locations in Iran.
In addition, Western powers are asking for a "comprehensive report" to be issued by the IAEA on Iran's nuclear efforts "at the latest" by spring 2025.
If the atomic bomb is bad, then they should immediately convene a Security Council meeting and ask all countries to destroy their nuclear weapons and not allow any country to produce them, including the United States, which used atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, killing hundreds of thousands of people. But it is clear that Western countries are lying. Rather, they do want to have atomic bombs themselves, but they do not want others to have effective weapons to defend themselves because they want to engage in plundering countries and suppressing independent and free nations. The tricks of Western countries do not work any longer.
It was good, but there was no new news, just the same old talk.
It is a tasteless joke that the world's great criminals commit every inhumane crime by massacring millions of women, children, and young followers everywhere in the world, including Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Libya, etc., with multi-ton, mustard, and chemical bombs, etc., as they please, and then worry about Iran's peaceful nuclear activities or military progress, which is in line with its authority and defense of its people and land. If Iran falls under your force and bullying, it will have a worse fate than Syria. You are dead wrong. If necessary, and if the Guardian of the Muslims sees it right, God willing, we will also build an atomic bomb. You have no choice but to bow before the great nation of Iran.
Absolutely true, the agreements between the US, England, France, and Russia have always smelled of betrayal and conspiracy against Iran, and now with this report they want to turn the countries of the world against Iran. There are many naive fools in the world, and as they have not been able to achieve their goals, they are bringing other countries into the game against Iran, as if they are concerned about the security of nations. It is a false fantasy of hyenas and leeches.
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Iran has the right to produce an atomic bomb so that Israel and America will not dare to covet Iran.
Iran has something beyond nuclear missiles, and no country has the right to attack dear Iran, and they all know that.
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Iran should also have nuclear bombs because Iran's enemies also have them. If the stupid agency can, it should stop the killing of women and children. They should be afraid of Iran like dogs.
Hello, this article has no benefit or advantage for Iran. Where they want to keep 30% enriched uranium? It is better to go to oil auctions in the Middle East than to build nuclear missile bombs. It has gone under the burden of taxes or has no energy and fuel resources. You have not collected value-added tax on oil transactions, but through a propaganda you attempt justifications. You are begging for currency. In the atmosphere of a critical region, lower the profit rate on oil sales to defend the resistance front against the mafia and the giants of the petroleum industry, members of OPEC.
In the name of God, the Lord of life and wisdom, who kindles this fire to strike fear into the hearts of enemies
Why don't you Westerners and the America even give a warning to child-killing Israel, and it has nuclear bombs and you don’t care, but you are all afraid of us trying to make the nuclear program peaceful and to do something about it for the advancement of medical science. You cowards only see us; doesn’t Pakistan have a nuclear bomb right next to us, why don’t you say anything? We, the people of Iran, will no longer submit to force. That’s it.
Why does Israel itself have a nuclear bomb and is as scared as a dog about Iran acquiring this weapon? A country that has no external existence, is not recognized by many countries in the world, and is not the size of one of the smallest provinces in our country? Whenever the talk of Iran going nuclear comes up, it quickly takes a stand and tries to bomb our power plants. I must say, keep your nonsense to yourself. And a gnat can’t soar where the phoenix flies. Your big boss, the United States, couldn't do shit, let alone you.
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The truth has no answer.
If the atomic bomb is bad, then why do all the Western countries have atomic bombs? Why don't the Western countries destroy their nuclear weapons? The reason is simple: they want to be so powerful that everyone will be their victim and destroy anyone who stands against their colonialism. Was Dr. Mossadegh, who they overthrew, looking for the atomic bomb? Why do they have so many weapons of mass destruction? They didn't even give us barbed wire during the Iran-Iraq war, but they gave Saddam Hussein chemical weapons. If the US has a one-ton bomb that Israel can use to massacre the Palestinians, it's good, but it's bad for others. Iran is not looking for the atomic bomb, and all of these are excuses. If we didn't have this missile power now, they would attack us for any excuse. If Israel comes to our country and assassinates our intellectuals, it's good, but if we defend ourselves, it's bad. Jolani was a terrorist until yesterday and they offered a reward for his capture, but now that he served them, they want to remove him from the terrorist list. Anyone who serves their interests is not a terrorist, but if on the contrary, he is a terrorist. May God grant us the strength to defend the truth.
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With the help of God we will be victorious. If Iran does not exist, may I not exist either. My life is devoted to the leader.
Didn't we sign the JCPOA, didn't we fill the Arak heavy water reactor with concrete, didn't the IAEA confirm 15 times that Iran has complied with the terms of the JCPOA? Western countries withdrew from the JCPOA regardless and tore it up in front of the cameras. So these are all excuses, and they don't understand wise talk and they want us to be their slaves, just like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.
Very good. Thank you for your good choice. Of course, we hear in the news that Iran should either talk properly with America and reach a reasonable conclusion or build a nuclear bomb. However, my opinion is that the Islamic Republic cannot build a nuclear bomb because it knows very well that it is under the microscope of America and Israel at any moment and that starting to build a bomb will result in them bombing all of the Islamic Republic vital arteries. On the other hand, the Islamic Republic is not a good talker and the leaders of the regime know exactly what words are going to come out of their mouths so that those in power will support the regime. And these words and talks have the highest dignity value so that no matter how much they want to talk nonsense, no one is allowed to say that. Therefore, until the last moment of Biden's existence, he is just trying to buy time, although there is not much time left until the change of power in the White House. From the Islamic Republic’s point of view, every day that it continues its shameful life is a treasure for them no matter if the power of confrontation is at the table or through building a nuclear bomb. It is like a hunter without a weapon who has no tools except a piece of wood and is stuck among wolves, but he knows that as soon as he puts down the wood, the wolves will tear him apart. So we have an incompetent hunter who went hunting in the height of the cold season and is trapped among the hunters and has no strengt