President Rouhani talking to experts on “National Nuclear Day” last year. Europe has been scrabbling to keep the deal alive by circumventing US sanctions APBritain and other European powers have issued a last-minute appeal to Iran to stop enriching uranium as Tehran announced that it was ditching the 2015 nuclear deal. Tehran said that it would today increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium hexafluoride beyond its 300kg limit, effectively ending the deal. According to diplomats, the International Atomic Energy Agency believes that Iran will not breach the 300kg limit today but will do so by the weekend. Before the 2015 deal it was enriching to 20 per cent, the level required for its medical research laboratory…

Source: The Times June 27, 2019 11:04 UTC