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Due to Utter Failure of Trump Policy, Iran Orders Lifting of Nuclear Development Limits
By pulling out the Iran Deal he has brought about the acceleration of Iran's nuclear program. This is a big move by Iran described below and underscores the utter failure of Trump's policy.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday [9/4/19] ordered all limits on nuclear research and development to be lifted, the country's third step in scaling down its commitments to a 2015 deal with world powers.
"The atomic energy organisation (of Iran) is ordered to immediately start whatever is needed in the field of research and development, and abandon all the commitments that were in place regarding research and development," he said. He referred to "expansions in the field of research and development, centrifuges, different types of new centrifuges, and whatever we need for enrichment".
Iran in July abandoned two other nuclear commitments: to keep its stockpile of enriched uranium below 300-kilogrammes, and a 3.67-percent cap on the purity of its uranium stocks.
Iran was in compliance with the global agreement when Trump pulled out of it solely to "own the libs."
His announcement came shortly after the US hit the Islamic Republic with further sanctions, the latest in a series of punitive measures including an embargo on Iranian oil exports.
Iran and three European countries -- Britain, France and Germany -- have been engaged in talks to reduce tensions and save the nuclear deal that has been unravelling since Trump withdrew from it in May last year.
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