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Iran Says It’s No Longer Abiding by Uranium Enrichment Limit

  • Decision comes after Trump pulled U.S. out of 2015 accord
  • Nuclear deal mothballed three-quarters of enrichment capacity
The claimed launching of an Emad long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile in an undisclosed location, Iran.

The claimed launching of an Emad long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile in an undisclosed location, Iran.

Photographer: Iranian Defense Ministry

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Iran said it is no longer abiding by limits imposed on its uranium enrichment and centrifuge research by the 2015 nuclear accord, throwing down a new challenge to European leaders struggling to reduce diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Washington.

The Islamic Republic will forge ahead with plans to develop its advanced centrifuges and has started injecting them with gas, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Saturday at a news conference. That’s a breach of a time-frame agreed within the deal that aimed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.