Iran is dangerously close to developing an nuclear weapon, warning the International Atomic Energy Agency, the head of the United Nations Watchdog is expected to leave for Tehran. During his visit, the top nuclear body chief will interact with Iranian government officials on recent developments at his top secret nuclear program.
IAEA’s head Rafael Grosie compared the development of an atomic weapon, which is to solve a puzzle. “Iran now has all pieces, and eventually can put them together,” he said.
Talking about Tehran’s ambition of nuclear weapons, Mr. Groxy told the French newspaper Le Monde that “Iran is not far from the atomic bomb”.
The IAEA, which is an autonomous United Nations Body, is currently tasked to oversee compliance with Iran with the 2015 nuclear deal, which separated after Donald Trump returned during his first term as an US President. At that time President Trump called it a “bad deal”.
‘Radicals cannot have nuclear weapons’
He now wants his military nuclear program to get rid of Iran completely. This week, President Trump said that “Iran has to get rid of the concept of nuclear weapons. These are radical people, and they cannot have nuclear weapons.”
Shortly after the first round of the conversation between Washington and Tehran, his comment came, which was held in Oman in the last weekend.
After the first round of talks, the US Middle East Envoy Steve Witcoff, who represented the US, said the dialogue was “positive, creative and compelling”. Surprisingly, the supreme leader of Iran also said that the talks are still going on “well”. However, Iran sent a top delegation to Moscow by the Foreign Minister to consult a fast Kremlin.
The second round of talks in Rome is expected, although Tehran is insisting on conversation to continue in Oman.
Explaining Washington’s approach and objectives with these talks, Mr. Witcoff told Fox News that “This is going to be a lot about verification on the promotion program, and then ultimately verification on weapons. It contains missiles, types of missiles that they have stocked there. And this contains trigger for bombs.”
technical details
Further, Mr. Witcoff said that for the first time Iran was offered a specific level of promotion by the United States. Today, Tehran enriches uranium up to 60 percent – a small, technical step away from weapons of 90 percent – Grade level.
For his limited, peaceful and civil purpose, “they (Iran) do not need to enrich the last 3.67 percent,” Mr. Witcoff told Fox News, “Under some circumstances, they are at 60 percent, they are at 60 percent, under other circumstances, 20 percent. It may not happen.”
“You don’t need to run, as they claim, a civic nuclear program where you are rich in 3.67 percent. So it is going to be a lot about verification on the promotion program, and then finally verification on weapons.”
Obama deal vs trump deal
After this, US President Barack Obama, for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Tehran agreed to significantly reduce his reserves of uranium and enriched only by 3.67 percent – enough for his nuclear power plant in Bushehar. In turn, Iran had access to frozen money worldwide, and restrictions on its vital oil industry and other areas were lifted.
In 2018, when Donald Trump 2015 withdraws from the Iran nuclear deal, he highlighted that Iran’s ballistic missile was one of the main reasons for exit from the stockpile deal. Adding this, Mr. Witcoff said that “missiles have to be included in any deal with Iran – the types of missiles they have stocking there and includes the trigger for the bomb.”
In a post on the social media platform X after the first round of the US-Iran talks, Mr. Witcofof wrote, “A deal with Iran will be completed only when this trump deal is done.”