"They took away the opportunity to reach an agreement from this government,” Rouhani said Wednesday, according to Reuters. Negotiations could be complicated under the new Iranian president, who said last month that the country’s ballistic missile program is “nonnegotiable." The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement had limited Tehran’s program to enriching uranium only up to 3.67 percent, which the AP noted is enough to power a civilian nuclear reactor. ADVERTISEMENTHowever, the country has now raised its level of uranium enrichment to 60 percent. The move prompted pushback from the State Department, with spokesperson Ned Price telling reporters that Iran’s actions were "provocations" that breached its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 14, 2021 16:18 UTC