1/ Statement by France 🇫🇷, #Germany 🇩🇪, the United Kingdom🇬🇧, and the United States 🇺🇸 on the IAEA`s Latest Report on #Iran`s Nuclear Program.
"We, the governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, take note of the report by the International"
2/ Atomic Energy Agency (#IAEA) that Iran has implemented a substantial change in the configuration of some of its centrifuges without informing the Agency in advance. These centrifuges produce high-enriched uranium up to 60% and are located at the #Fordow Enrichment Plant.
3/ As stated by the Agency, this unnotified change is inconsistent with #Iran's obligations under its #NPT-required Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. Such lack of required notification undermines the Agency’s ability to maintain timely detection at Iran’s nuclear facilities.
4/ The newly reported change in configuration of centrifuge cascades used to produce near-weapons-grade uranium underscores the need for Iran to meet all its safeguards reporting obligations and to accept whatever safeguards monitoring the #IAEA sees as necessary in light of
5/ #Iran’s production of such highly enriched Uranium.
Iranian claims that this action was carried out in error are inadequate. We judge Iran’s actions based on the impartial and objective reports of the #IAEA, not Iran’s purported intent.
We recall that the production of
6/ high-enriched uranium by #Iran at the #Fordow Enrichment Plant carries significant proliferation-related risks and is without any credible civilian justification.
Iran’s actions are all the more concerning since it has stopped the implementation of its commitments on
7/ transparency and verification under the #JCPOA, including implementation of its Additional Protocol, for close to two years. Iran has also offered no credible answer yet to the #IAEA’s outstanding questions as part of the IAEA’s safeguards investigation, despite the adoption
8/ of two resolutions on this issue by the Board of Governors last year.
We call on #Iran to comply with all its legally-binding international obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the #IAEA and to fully cooperate with the Agency in the
Gazan radio says that heavy machine guns were in use before the red alert, which might be the reason for triggering the alert.
Some Israeli sources claim that 1 rocket was launched.
Yet to be confirmed.
1/6 Update as per a MoD source from #Iran:
The targeted hall in Isfahan was a centrifuge assembly hall. 800-900 meters away from the site there was an Artesh (Army) Hawk (MIM-23) site which had an unsuccessful launch on the drone attack night (Jan 28, 23)
2/6 The targeted site has a serious problem with the MICA and AD missile supply.
They were obtaining MICA's A2A fuse and processor through a third party from Italy (black market) and were installing it on "IVECO" truck chasis for "Bavar" and "3 Khordad" systems, yet, due to
3/6 some problems, they had to shut down the manufacturing line.
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Missile fuel tank and the fueselage were also being made with American D6 steel which was being purchased from the Turkish black market.
@~ May, Hajizadeh was set to check the manufacturing line,