{"id":2021324,"date":"2023-09-04T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-watchdog-says-iran-has-slowed-uranium-enrichment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T15:02:53","slug":"un-watchdog-says-iran-has-slowed-uranium-enrichment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-watchdog-says-iran-has-slowed-uranium-enrichment\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s uranium enrichment pace has been reduced, says UN watchdog."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fun-watchdog-says-iran-has-slowed-uranium-enrichment%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=2021324&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--><h2>The Islamic Republic \u2062of Iran Slows Uranium Enrichment, Signals Potential Concession<\/h2>\n<p>The Islamic\u2063 Republic of Iran has made a significant move in its nuclear program, according to a confidential report from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The report reveals that Iran has slowed\u200b its enrichment of uranium, a key component in the\u2062 development of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that Iran\u2062 has enriched 121.6 kilograms (or 268 pounds) of uranium at \u200ca level of 60%, well below the\u2063 weapons-grade threshold of 90%. This marks a decline\u200c in enrichment compared to previous months, with the total volume of \u2064enriched uranium\u200d increasing from 192 pounds in February \u2063to 250 \u2064pounds in May.<\/p>\n<h3>A Concession to Western Countries<\/h3>\n<p>This decrease in enrichment \u200ccan be seen as a concession to Western countries, including the \u200cUnited States, who have \u2064been urging Iran to \u2063halt\u200b its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-sanctions-relief-on-table-for-iran-state-dept-says\/\" title=\"Major Sanctions Relief on Table for Iran, State Dept. Says\">uranium enrichment activities<\/a>. The Biden administration, in particular, has been seeking renewed negotiations\u200b on the Iranian nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since \u200cthe Trump administration unilaterally withdrew \u200bfrom the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-rep-moves-to-defund-biden-iran-deal-efforts\/\" title=\"Kentucky Rep Moves to Defund Biden Iran Deal Efforts\">nuclear deal negotiated<\/a> by the\u200b Obama administration in 2018, Iran has ramped up its\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-lifts-economic-sanctions-on-iran-hoping-they-will-stop-enriching-uranium\/\" title=\"Biden lifts economic sanctions on Iran hoping they will stop enriching uranium\">uranium enrichment efforts<\/a>. However, Iran maintains\u200b that \u2064its nuclear program is solely for peaceful and civilian purposes and has not \u200dyet developed any\u2064 nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<h3>Prisoner Exchange and Potential Thaw in Relations<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, Iran\u200b and the United \u200dStates are engaged in negotiations for a prisoner exchange. This would involve the\u200b return of five U.S. citizens currently\u2063 under house arrest in \u2064Iran and the release of several Iranian prisoners by\u2062 the U.S.\u2063 Additionally, there\u200d are plans to transfer up to $7 billion to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>These recent developments indicate a potential thaw in relations between Iran and the\u2063 United States, as both sides seek to find common\u200c ground and address \u200cconcerns\u200c regarding Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the slowing of uranium\u2063 enrichment by Iran presents an opportunity for diplomatic progress and renewed negotiations, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-watchdog-says-iran-has-slowed-uranium-enrichment\/\" title=\"Iran's uranium enrichment pace has been reduced, says UN watchdog.\">international community aims<\/a> to\u2064 ensure the peaceful nature of \u2064Iran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more\u200c from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran has reduced its uranium enrichment. The report, shared with a few media outlets, reveals that Iran&#8217;s nuclear program has enriched 121.6 kilograms (268 pounds) of uranium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}