The Fars News Agency is reporting that Iran has exceeded the 300 kilograms of 3.67% enriched uranium it is allowed to stockpile under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Tehran had previously stated that due to the United States reneging on the nuclear deal and reapplying sanctions, coupled with the inability of the Europeans to secure financial transactions to get around sanctions, it would take such a step in regard to the stockpile limit.
On June 17, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told reporters that not only would Iran soon exceed the 300 kilogram threshold of enriched uranium, but that once it did so, the rate of increased production would accelerate dramatically.
