Pressure on Iran as nuclear deal unravels
 |
| IR-8 centrifuges at Natanz nuclear power plant south of Tehran |
The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani says his country is now
enriching more uranium than it did before it signed the international nuclear
deal.
By Nathan Morley
The accord, which was sealed back in 2015, was meant to curb
Iran’s nuclear programme. For the leadership in Iran, the past few days
have lurched from bad to worse. It’s now known that since last summer,
the Iranians have been gradually breaching strict rules set out in the nuclear
accord.
On Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the UK, France and
Germany — half of the deal's remaining signatories — announced that they would
lodge a formal complaint that Iran is not meeting its commitments.
At the same time, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
suggested that he is open to replacing the Iran nuclear deal with a new
agreement orchestrated by US President Donald Trump.
If the original deal does unravel, Iran can expect sweeping
international sanctions.
Protests in Iran
Meanwhile in Iran, citizens have used social media to call
for fresh demonstrations a week after the shooting down of a passenger plane.
President Hassan Rouhani has already stated a special court
should be formed to probe the downing of the Ukrainian passenger jet that was
mistakenly targeted by Iran forces just after takeoff.
The strike killed all 176 people aboard. Police in Iran have
arrested an undisclosed number of suspects for their role in the crash.
For the last 5-days, protesters including hundreds of
students have held anti-government demonstrations, with some being met by a
violent police crackdown.
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét