Iran threatens nuclear chaos as Trump fumes at Tehran missile revolt

November 5, 2019

Express:

Rouhani said on Tuesday that his country will resume its injecting of uranium into its centrifuges that had previously been empty as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. The deal has all but fallen apart after Trump withdrew in 2018, accusing Iran of violating the deal and ultimately fracturing the relationship between the two countries. In his announcement, Rouhani did not say whether the centrifuges, which are at its nuclear facility in Fordo, would be used to produce enriched uranium.

The centrifuges would be injected with the uranium gas as of Wednesday, Rouhani said.

Under the nuclear deal, Iran were only permitted to spin centrifuges without uranium gas as Washington looked to restrict Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.

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