As he left the talks in Vienna, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, said he expected Iran would go ahead with its plan to break the ceiling on how much low-enriched uranium it was allowed to possess. “It is still not enough, and it is still not meeting Iran’s expectations,” Mr. Araghchi told reporters, according to news reports from Vienna. The limits on nuclear fuel were part of a 2015 accord negotiated with Iran by the Obama administration and other big countries, including Russia and China. The deal put strict limits on Iran’s nuclear activities in return for the easing of sanctions. President Trump ended the participation of the United States in the accord last year, saying it did not do enough to assure that Iran could never possess a nuclear weapon or to thwart Iranian aggression in the region.

Source: International New York Times June 28, 2019 22:30 UTC