Iran starts up advanced centrifuges in nuclear deal breach

Iran recently announced to started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after the start of talks on rescuing the accord.

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President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the three cascades of 164 IR-6 centrifuges, 30 IR-5 and another 30 IR-6 devices at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant.

Iran’s latest move to step up uranium enrichment follows an opening round of talks in Vienna (Austria’s capital) with representatives of the remaining parties to the nuclear deal on bringing the U.S. back into it.

Former President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018 but his successor Joe Biden has said he is ready to return, arguing the deal had been successful in dramatically scaling back Iran’s nuclear activities.