Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, issued a statement on “National Nuclear Day” celebrating the new centrifuges, which speed up the time needed to enrich uranium. Uranium is the fuel for a nuclear bomb. And the Natanz uranium enrichment site is thought to be Iran’s largest location.
Rouhani insisted that Iran’s efforts were not intended to produce weapons. And claimed that “If the West looks at the morals and beliefs that exist in our country, they will find that they should not be worried and sensitive about our nuclear technology.”
The US tries to reinstate the nuclear agreement
The Biden administration has been trying to negotiate with Iran. It is uncertain what impact, if any, the Natanz explosion will have.
Iran and the United States are not having direct relations in Vienna. The UK, China, France, Germany, and Russia, through the European Union, are engaging in shuttle diplomacy.
The EU is said to be focusing on how to lift Trump’s economic sanctions. They are also trying to get Iran to set limits on enriched uranium and get rid of the centrifuges needed to produce it.
