Nearly one year after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Holy City Brigade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that Iran planned to increase the concentration of enriched uranium extracted from the Fordow facility to 20%.
On January 6, local time, thousands of Iranian citizens took to the streets of Tehran to pay tribute to Soleimani, a senior officer killed by the US military. Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei gave a memorial ceremony for Soleimani. Its prayer.
The picture shows a picture of the people holding up Soleimani at the memorial service.
According to a Reuters report on January 1, a statement from the IAEA stated that Iran has notified the agency that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) plans to operate at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant) produces low-enriched uranium with a concentration of 20%.
However, the statement did not disclose when it was produced.
The Fordau nuclear facility is located in the south of Tehran and 32 kilometers northeast of Qom. It is an underground uranium enrichment facility.
According to the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue reached by Iran in 2015 with the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany and other countries, the purity of the enriched uranium extracted by Iran shall not exceed 3.67%.
On May 8, 2018, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the aforementioned agreement and gradually restarted sanctions against Iran. As a retaliatory measure, Iran increased the enriched uranium concentration to 4.5% the following year, but it was still far below the 20% before the agreement was reached. 90% of weapon level.
US President-elect Biden previously stated that if Tehran re-accepts the strict provisions of the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, the US government will return to the agreement.