Iran has activated a chain of advanced centrifuges to speed up uranium enrichment
Iran has activated a chain of advanced centrifuges to speed up uranium enrichment in defiance of a 2015 nuclear accord, a senior Iranian official said Saturday, raising the stakes for European powers struggling to prevent the deal's collapse.
The spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi, announced the new measures at a news conference in Tehran, warning that there was little time left to salvage the deal.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said this week that Iran would set aside the accord's restrictions on nuclear-related research and development and would expand its use of advanced centrifuges.
"These steps are reversible if the other side fulfills its promises," Kamalvandi said, urging European nations to compensate Tehran following a U.S. withdrawal from the pact last year.