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Kelsey Davenport

6 Jul, 3 tweets, 1 min read

https://twitter.com/StLiechtenstein/status/1412488260379713539

This move will likely remove some 20% enriched material from Iran's gas stockpile, which could increase breakout. But that is a short-term, short-sighed benefit. Uranium metal production is a violation of the #IranDeal and Iran will gain irreversible knowledge from the process.

https://twitter.com/StLiechtenstein/status/1412488260379713539

Unfortunate that the Biden administration has not re-issued waivers for JCPOA-required nonpro projects that Trump canceled, like the import of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor. Harder for Iran to justify this move as necessary when it can import TRR fuel without penalty.

It’s also unfortunate that Iran is continuing to esclate and ractchet up its violations of the deal admist talks to restore the JCPOA. Further violations by Iran risk prolonging and disrupting talks in Vienna to restore the nuclear deal.

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14 May 19

Today, both the NYT & Newsweek repeated claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons - it is irresponsible & dangerous reporting to let these claims stand unchecked. #IranDeal 1/

Both Pompeo & Bolton have muddied the water with loose rhetoric describing Iran’s nuclear program that implies Tehran has an active nuclear weapons program - despite US intelligence assessments and IAEA statements saying otherwise. 2/

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/1095060986787258368?s=21

Pompeo said April 22 that one of the U.S. demands of Iran is to “end your pursuit of nuclear weapons.”
state.gov/secretary/rema…

Bolton said in February that Iran “continues to seek nuclear weapons.”

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/1095060986787258368?s=21

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Kelsey Davenport

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21 May 18

US Secretary of State Pomepo is talking about the #IranDeal right now - c-span.org/networks/?chan…

Pompeo reiterates an often used criticism of the #IranDeal, namely that the agreement expires. This mischaracterization ignores key provisions that remain in place in perpetuity, such as more intrusive monitoring & a prohibition on weaponization activities

Pompeo says the Trump administration will ensure that Iran has no path to a nuclear weapon, by applying “unprecedented financial pressure” & the “strongest sanctions in history.”

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Kelsey Davenport

@KelseyDav

8 May 18

Ahead of Trump’s announcement on the #IranDeal - at which point he is expected to reimpose sanctions in violation of the agreement - it is worth recapping what nuclear agreement has accomplished & its nonproliferation value 1/

As a result of the 2013 interim deal, Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 percent was neutralized. The JCPOA prohibited enrichment to levels above 3.67 percent for 15 years 2/

Iran also removed nearly 20,000 centrifuges, including its more advanced IR-2 machines, and is capped at enriching uranium only with 5,060 IR-1s at Natanz. Iran can only stockpile the equivalent of 300 kilograms of uranium enriched to 3.67 percent 3/

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