Iran defends its right to pursuenuclear energy for “peaceful purposes,” particularly for electricitygeneration, and denies any intention to develop an atomic bomb, as suspected byWestern nations.
“Iran has ramped up its installationof advanced centrifuges, which is yet another damaging step in Iran’s effortsto undermine the nuclear deal that they claim to support,” the trio added.
In 2015, Iran signed the nuclearagreement in Vienna with France, Germany, the UK, China, Russia, and the US,allowing international oversight of its nuclear program in exchange forsanction relief. However, in 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the US fromthe deal and reimposed sanctions, prompting Tehran to significantly increaseits stockpiles of enriched materials.
In a briefing to the UN SecurityCouncil, Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political andPeacebuilding Affairs, said the parties had reached a "deadlock" withless than ten months left before the UN resolution on the 2015 agreementexpires.
In turn, Iran's Ambassador to theUN, Amir Saeid Iravani, rejected the accusations, stating that “it was Westerncountries, not Iran, that had failed to honor their commitments,” calling theclaims against Iran "arbitrary and misleading."
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