Iran violated the UN Security Council resolution, launching the second cascade centrifuge in Natanze

Iran introduced the second cascade of centrifuge, which allows, in violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council, Uranus more efficiently enrich, RIA Novosti reports with reference to AP.

This was reported to the agencies by the representative of the Magate Jill Tudor. According to her, when the inspectors of the department on July 17 were in the nuclear center in Natanze, Iran filed nuclear material to two cascades from the 164 centrifugs interconnected, contrary to UN resolutions ordering Iran to suspend the activities related to enrichment. "

The use of the second cascade allows you to re -supplied to the devices not completely processed low -enriched uranium, which makes the work more efficient.

Recall that the situation around Iran’s nuclear program was aggravated after the President of the Islamic Republic of the Islamic Republic, Mahmad Ahmadi Nezhad, said that Tehran produced the first batch of Uranus, enriched up to 20% and has the potential for the production of uranium with a higher degree of enrichment. He also reported plans to triple the production of low -enriched uranium.

According to the Iranian side, Uranus enriched up to 20% is necessary for the work of the research Tehran reactor and the production of isotopes that will be used for medical purposes.

In October last year, the Vienna Group (Russia, France, the USA and the IAEA) offered Iran to enrich Uranus in Russia, but he, referring to the unreliability of Western partners, demanded that the exchange be carried out synchronously in the country. The West, for its part, accused Tehran of the absence of flexibility and unwillingness to solve the nuclear issue, which prompted the United States to initiate the tightening of sanctions against Iran.

In mid -May of this year, Iran, Turkey and Brazil concluded a tripartite agreement on the exchange of Iranian uranium in Turkish territory. According to the document, Tehran should send 1.2 tons of its low -enriched (3.5%) uranium to Turkey and receive 120 kilograms of nuclear fuel enriched in return for a year.

At a meeting with the head of the Magate in early June, representatives of Russia, the United States and France handed him both separate letters and a general answer, entitled "Conclusion regarding the statement sent by Iran to the Magate." The head of the atomic energy organization Iran Ali Akbar Salehi confirmed that Tehran received the response of the Vienna Group states to his initiatives and will soon send a response to Vienna.

The UN Security Council on June 10 adopted a resolution imposing new sanctions against Iran in connection with its refusal to curtail work to enrich Uranus. The document provides for sanctions against Iranian banks abroad, if there is a suspicion that they are related to the development of the Iranian nuclear or missile program.

The United States and a number of other Western countries accuse Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a program for the development of peaceful atomic energy. Tehran rejects all the accusations, stating that his nuclear program is exclusively peaceful.