Tehran Times:
The Iranian parliament speaker asked the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Wednesday to prepare a plan for the re-opening of shuttered uranium enrichment facilities, reacting to the recent UN report on the implementation of the JCPOA.
“It is necessary for the Atomic Energy Organization (of Iran) to act in compliance with the law passed on the reopening of the nuclear plant to enrich uranium proportionate to the country’s needs and prepare a plan and keeps the Majlis (parliament) posted on it,” Ali Larijani said.
In June 2015, the Iranian parliament passed a legislation which obliged the government to preserve the country’s nuclear achievements if the country faced new sanctions.
The remarks by Larijani come after the UN Security Council briefing on the first report of the secretary general on the implementation of resolution 2231 adopted immediately after the conclusion of the nuclear deal between Iran and great powers in July 2015.
Iran has strongly objected to the report, calling it “biased” and “unrealistic.”
While ambiguous, Larijani should be referring to the Natanz and Fordow facilities by the “nuclear plant.”
Clarifying Larijani’s words, AEOI Director Ali Akbar Salehi said Larijani had meant reversing the stalled uranium enrichment program.
Under the nuclear deal signed last July between Iran and six global powers, Iran agreed to keep its level of uranium enrichment at up to 3.67 percent in the Natanz Enrichment facility and refrain from any uranium enrichment and uranium enrichment R&D at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP).
