Iranisches Atomprogramm

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Auf Initiative von Deutschland, UK und Frankreich wurde im IAEA Governor Board gegen den Iran eine Resolution durch Mehrheitsbeschluss und mit Gegenstimmen aus Russland und China erwirkt. Die IAEA Resolution beklagt, dass der Iran eine namentlich konkrete Liste mit "anerkannten UN Experten" inzwischen nicht mehr ins Land einreisen lässt. Diesen wirft der Iran die Weitergabe von geheimen Informationen vor. Darüber hinaus wurde der Iran dazu aufgerufen, die Herkunft von Uranpartikeln zu erklären, die ein westlicher Dienst an zwei undeklarierten Orten nebst Proben ermittelt haben will.

Die Reaktion des Iran erfolgte innerhalb von Tagen und war bereits logistisch vorbereitet:

Iran calls UN nuclear watchdog resolution ‘hasty, unwise’

IAEA board passed a resolution criticising Iran and urging it to step up cooperation with the United Nations watchdog.

“The decision of the Western countries was hasty and unwise, and it will undoubtedly have a detrimental impact on the process of diplomatic engagement and constructive cooperation [between Iran and the opposing parties]”, state TV cited Iran’s mission to the United Nations as saying.

The motion brought by Britain, France and Germany – but opposed by China and Russia – at the IAEA board is the first of its kind since November 2022.
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Tehran had already threatened “a serious and effective response” and called the censure motion “devoid of any legal, technical and political basis”.

In the past, similar resolutions have prompted Tehran to retaliate by removing surveillance cameras and other equipment from its nuclear facilities and ratcheting up its uranium enrichment activities.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/5/...sty-unwise

..ein paar Tage später...

IAEA report: Iran installs more centrifuges at Fordow enrichment plant
By Francois Murphy
June 13, 20246:25 PM GMT+2Updated 2 days ago

VIENNA, June 13 (Reuters) - Iran has rapidly installed extra uranium-enriching centrifuges at its Fordow site and begun setting up others, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said in what diplomats described as limited retaliation to a resolution by the watchdog's board.

Reuters reported on Wednesday that diplomats said Iran was responding to last week's International Atomic Energy Agency board resolution against it by expanding its uranium-enrichment capacity at its two underground enrichment sites at Fordow and Natanz, but the escalation is not as big as many had feared.

The confidential IAEA report sent to member states described the steps Iran has taken so far, with the only concrete steps so far at either of its underground sites having been taken at Fordow, which is dug into a mountain.

"On 9 and 10 June ... Iran informed the Agency that eight cascades each containing 174 IR-6 centrifuges would be installed over the next 3-4 weeks in Unit 1 of FFEP (Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant)," the IAEA report, which was seen by Reuters, said. Cascades are clusters of centrifuges.

"On 11 June 2024, the Agency verified at FFEP that Iran had completed the installation of IR-6 centrifuges in two cascades in Unit 1. Installation of IR-6 centrifuges in four additional cascades was ongoing," the report said, referring to one of one of Iran's most advanced centrifuge models.

While Iran had long planned to install eight cascades of centrifuges at Fordow's Unit 1 it had only prepared the "necessary infrastructure" for the cascades rather than installing the machines themselves. Before these new cascades Fordow had eight operating in total.

At its underground enrichment plant at Natanz, Iran fleshed out a plan to install an unspecified number of extra centrifuges, informing the IAEA that it would set up 18 cascades of advanced IR-2m machines.
"Iran provided no information regarding when this activity would take place," the report said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-eas...024-06-13/

Daraufhin erfolgt natürlich die zu erwartende Verurteilung für diese weitere Eskalation durch die Installation "dutzender" zusätzlicher Uran-Zentrifugen und die drei Europäer berufen sich dabei auf Irans Pflichten unter dem geltenden JCPOA Abkommen.

France, Germany, Britain condemn Iran's steps to expand nuclear programme
By Reuters
June 15, 20241:47 PM GMT+2Updated 4 min ago

The logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is displayed at the agency's headquarters on the opening day of a quarterly meeting of its 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna, Austria, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - France, Germany and Britain on Saturday condemned Iran’s latest steps, as reported by the IAEA, to further expand its nuclear programme.

"Iran has taken further steps in hollowing out the JCPoA, by operating dozens of additional advanced centrifuges at the Natanz enrichment site as well as announcing it will install thousands more centrifuges at both its Fordow and Natanz sites." the joint statement said, referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed with Iran in 2015.
"This decision is a further escalation of Iran’s nuclear programme, which carries significant proliferation risks," it added.

The joint statement stressed that "Iran’s decision to substantially increase its production capacity at the underground Fordow facility is especially concerning".
"Iran is legally obliged under the Non-Proliferation Treaty to fully implement its safeguards agreement, which is separate to the JCPoA."