Iran: We will continue uranium enrichment at Fordow despite the resumption of US sanctions

Iran: We will continue uranium enrichment at Fordow despite the resumption of US sanctions

The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization said that uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility will continue despite the re-imposition of sanctions by the United States.

The head of the organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, in a press statement, on Saturday, in response to the announcement by US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Washington to cancel all exceptions in its sanctions against the Fordow facility as of December 15, that Tehran had already reduced the number of centrifuges In the facility from two thousand to 1044 organs after the nuclear negotiations.

Salehi said that the European countries that signed the nuclear agreement asked Iran not to use the facility at all, and Tehran announced in response that it "does not do without" Fordo, while retaining those devices.

The Iranian official said that uranium enrichment at the plant resumed because of "the failure of the Europeans to fulfill their commitments and will continue unless they implement them," pointing out that "Iran is now enriching 550 grams of nuclear material daily, compared with six kilograms a day before the signing of the nuclear agreement."

Salehi also addressed the issue of preventing an inspector from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from entering the Fordow facility.

The head of the organization said there were "other things that were documented, photographed and eventually recorded," but he could not reveal them in detail, noting that "the inspector was not detained and returned to Vienna without restrictions because of his diplomatic immunity," but Tehran filed a formal protest with the organization. International on the incident.

Iran officially announced earlier this month that it would resume uranium enrichment and production at the Fordow facility, as part of steps it is taking to reduce its responsibilities under the nuclear deal.