{"id":1499179,"date":"2022-06-01T07:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499179"},"modified":"2022-06-01T07:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:59:49","slug":"irans-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-has-swelled-to-18-times-nuke-deal-limit-u-n-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-has-swelled-to-18-times-nuke-deal-limit-u-n-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Stockpile of Enriched Uranium Has Swelled to 18 Times Nuke Deal Limit: U.N. Watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firans-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-has-swelled-to-18-times-nuke-deal-limit-u-n-watchdog%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Iran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium has swelled to more than 18 times the limit stipulated in the Obama-led nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Atomic Energy Agency\u2019s (IAEA) latest estimates, \u201cas of May 15, 2022, Iran\u2019s total enriched stockpile was 3,809.3 kilograms,\u201d and the regime is continuing to breach the deal\u2019s\u00a03.67 percent limit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers capped at 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of a specific compound, the equivalent of 202.8 kg of uranium.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s\u00a0stockpile of 20 percent enriched\u00a0uranium is now estimated to be 238.4 kilograms, according to the IAEA, up 56.3 kilograms since its last report in March. Uranium enriched to 60 percent has increased nearly 10 kg to 43.1 kg.<\/p>\n<p>A full 90 percent enrichment is weapons-grade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Joe Biden now in the White House, Iran can hardly wait <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/loT4vyX3ev\">https:\/\/t.co\/loT4vyX3ev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1356066384946622467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report comes on the heels of an impasse at efforts in Vienna to resuscitate the tattered 2015 nuclear deal, which the Trump administration withdrew from in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The IAEA also said it had questions that were \u201cnot clarified\u201d regarding nuclear material found at three sites that was undeclared.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz earlier this month warned\u00a0that Iran was closer than ever to building a bomb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21198341\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1232304435.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>File\/Men view local newspapers at a stall in the Shemiran district of Iran\u2019s capital Tehran on April 14, 2021. Iran warned it would start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, after an explosion it blamed on arch-enemy Israel hit its key nuclear facility in Natanz. (ATTA KENARE\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c[Iran] stands just a few weeks away from accumulating fissile material that will be sufficient for a first bomb, holds 60 kilograms of enriched material at 60%, produces metallic uranium at the enrichment level of 20%, and prevents the IAEA from accessing its facilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday published documents he said proved Tehran had spied on the IAEA in an attempt to cover its tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett tweeted a Google Drive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qg1Fj7iClA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>\u00a0to the Persian-language files, which were spirited out of Tehran by Mossad agents in 2018, and according to the Israeli leader prove that Iran used information from classified documents stolen from the UN nuclear watchdog as part of a cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>Iran \u201ccreated cover stories and hid evidence to evade [the IAEA\u2019s] nuclear probes,\u201d Bennett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/bennett-publishes-seized-documents-he-says-prove-iran-spied-on-un-atomic-watchdog\/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&#038;utm_medium=desktop_site\">said<\/a> in a video posted online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel\u2019s military chief on Tuesday warned Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment of up to 20 percent purity could mean the country was \u201cmonths, maybe even weeks\u201d away from obtaining the bomb. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WtrGUlFNKd\">https:\/\/t.co\/WtrGUlFNKd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1354617792864129027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m holding the proof of your lies right here in my hands,\u201d he said, holding up copies of the documents. \u201cYou see, after Iran stole classified documents from the UN\u2019s Atomic Agency, Iran used that information to figure out what the atomic agency was hoping to find, and then created cover stories and hid evidence to evade their nuclear probes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo how do we know this? Because we got our hands on Iran\u2019s deception plan a few years back. And it\u2019s right here in my hands,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere it is, in the Persian language, hundreds of pages marked with the stamp of Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium has swelled to more than 18 times the limit stipulated in the Obama-led nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday. 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