Iran's head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi attends a seminar at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo, Japan, November 5, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo
Reuters: Iran builds new centrifuge rotor factory: nuclear chief
(Reuters) - Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday, upping the stakes in a confrontation with Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work.
The announcement came a month after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had ordered agencies to prepare to increase uranium enrichment capacity if a nuclear deal with world powers falls apart after Washington’s withdrawal from the pact.
Under the terms of the 2015 agreement, which was also signed by Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
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WNU Editor: By going ahead with their nuclear enrichment program Iran will only put its allies .... the EU, Russia, and China on the spot. And enriching uranium to produce nuclear weapons will only force these allies to impose sanctions. Bottom line .... the Iranian leadership will need to make a decision. What is more important to them .... their allies, or their nuclear program that will only result in across the board sanctions and (probably) a nuclear arms race with its neighbors.
