Uranium enriched to that level would give Iran the ability to convert its entire stockpile to bomb-grade levels within six months. Despite the lag time, the order to start the process may be seen by the Trump administration as a provocation in its waning days. The timing seems deliberately intended to press Biden to reenter the nuclear deal with Iran immediately upon taking office. Under that agreement, which the Trump administration abandoned in 2018, Iran shipped most of its nuclear stockpile out of the country, to Russia. A year after Trump pulled out of the nuclear accord, Iran began rebuilding the stockpile and inching up the enrichment levels.

Source: bd News24 December 03, 2020 03:11 UTC