Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, called the decision of Iranian authorities to resume uranium enrichment up to 20% predictable and reversible. He wrote this on Twitter.
"Iran has announced the resumption of uranium enrichment to 20%. This is not a sensation. Such a step was predictable in light of the law recently passed by the Iranian parliament. Most importantly, it remains reversible as part of a possible normalization around the JCPOA," the post noted.
Following the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran's nuclear program in 2018, Iran began phasing out its obligations related to uranium enrichment and research activities in 2019, and in early January 2020 announced the end of the process. On January 1, Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, notified the agency's Board of Governors and the UN Security Council of Iran's intention to begin enriching uranium to 20%. On January 4, Iranian government spokesperson Ali Rabiei said that Tehran had started the process of enriching uranium to the 20% level at the Fordow site.
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