Whether some like it or don’t, America was right to pull out. Iran was still operating a secret facilty and had not repurposed an enrichment facilty, both in high violation of the agreement.
The IAEA finally confirmed as much:
Iran enriching uranium at 4.5 pct purity, above nuclear deal limit: UN watchdog
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran’s uranium enrichment level passed 4.5 percent on Monday, exceeding the 2015 nuclear deal cap.
Director General Yukiya Amano has informed the IAEA Board of Governors that Agency inspectors verified that Iran is enriching uranium above 3.67% U-235," an IAEA spokesman said, referring to the fissile uranium-235 isotope.
Following the IAEA’s confirmation, several members of congress called for an immediate end to the waivers.
“The Fordow uranium enrichment facility has never been repurposed, as promised in the JCPOA (nuclear deal),” the ISIS reported.
“Fordow is potentially part of Iran’s current threats to progressively go to higher enrichment levels and increase its stocks of enriched uranium, and if conducted there, Fordow’s underground tunnel complex is fortified to withstand aerial bombardment,” the report stated.The report also concluded that the production of highly enriched uranium would allow Iran to build one to two nuclear weapons a year.
