Decryption

Iranian nuclear: towards the worst-case scenario?

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A photo provided by the Iranian Presidency on October 8, 2021 shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visiting the Bushehr nuclear power plant, southeast of the city.

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By: Anne Corpet Follow

1 min

The Iranian nuclear negotiations seemed on the verge of a conclusion when, suddenly, the worst-case scenario reappeared.

Tehran has 40 kilos of uranium enriched to 60% and could be able to cobble together a rudimentary nuclear bomb, while waiting to reach the 90% threshold necessary for possible military use.

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For the first time since 2020, the Board of Governors of the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has passed a very critical resolution against Iran, after the discovery of traces of uranium in three sites not declared to the nuclear police.

Tehran took it very badly, and decided in return to deactivate 27 surveillance cameras used by the IAEA to monitor its activities.

This could deal a "fatal blow" to the negotiations, warned the director of the agency.

Already monopolized by the war in Ukraine, international diplomacy is worried.

Meanwhile in Iran, rising prices combined with the effect of sanctions are fueling public anger.

Today, Décryptage looks into the thorny issue of Iran's nuclear power. 

With

- Farid Vahid, director of the

- Héloise Fayet,

 researcher at

and coordinator of

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