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Visit to the Arak nuclear reactor by the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency, December 23, 2019 (illustration). HO / Atomic Energy Organization of Iran / AFP

In full tension with the United States after the assassination of General Soleimani, Iran announced this Sunday, January 5, the end of the restrictions in its nuclear program, provided for in the Vienna agreement signed 2015.

With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi

In full tension with the United States after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad , it was through an official statement that the Iranian government announced its decision to no longer respect any restrictions on uranium enrichment. According to the press release, this includes the capacity and level of enrichment, as well as the number of centrifuges.

This is a new step taken by Tehran since the 2018 exit from the United States of the nuclear agreement with the major powers and the return of American sanctions. It means that Iran is no longer meeting its commitments under the 2015 Vienna agreement to limit its nuclear program.

It is also a response to the inaction of Europeans who had yet promised to compensate with concrete measures the American sanctions to protect the Iranian economy. But the Europeans did nothing concrete and Iranian oil exports were severely limited because of the sanctions imposed by Washington.

For Tehran, which promised to avenge the assassination of General Soleimani by a military response, it is also a question of showing its determination in the face of the Americans.