They would reverse the major achievements of the agreement, intended to block Iran from making a nuclear weapon, and raise serious questions about whether the accord is still viable. But Major General Hossein Salami, the head of the Revolutionary Guards, denied Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapon. The IAEA – the U.N. nuclear watchdog – confirmed it had verified Iran’s enrichment was beyond 3.67%. Kamalvandi did not specify how much uranium Iran might purify to the higher level, nor how many centrifuges it would consider restarting. Zarif also tweeted that world powers will not be able to negotiate a better deal than the 2015 nuclear deal.

Source: National Post July 08, 2019 16:30 UTC