A month after the US withdrew from the JCPOA, Khamenei ordered preparations for enrichment
Following the US withdrawal from the JCPOA on the orders of President Trump and Iran's negotiations with European powers on how to preserve the JCPOA, Ayatollah Khamenei, in a speech at the memorial ceremony for Ayatollah Khomeini on Monday, June 4, called for preparations to increase uranium enrichment.
The Leader of the Islamic Republic ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to make the necessary preparations to increase uranium enrichment to 190,000 sou.
SWU is a centrifuge work unit that indicates its capacity to enrich uranium.
While part of the US expectation has been to halt the Islamic Republic of Iran's missile program, Ayatollah Khamenei once again emphasized Iran's missile program on Monday, saying that missiles are a source of security and a point of strength.
This is while European powers, while expressing their desire to preserve the JCPOA, have announced that they are concerned about Iran's missile program and the Islamic Republic's interference in regional countries, and intend to negotiate with Iran on these issues.
Recently, European officials also said that they could not provide such a guarantee in response to Iran's demand for a guarantee from Europe to protect Iran's economic interests in the JCPOA after the US withdrawal.
Last month, the US President withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran, calling it a disaster and stating that the agreement would not prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons.
While issuing an order to reinstate nuclear sanctions against Iran, he announced that he would negotiate with US allies to reach a new decision to prevent Iran's destructive ambitions.
Following the official announcement of the US President's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Mike Pompeo announced in a statement that the United States will work with its allies to find a "real, comprehensive, and lasting" solution to the Iranian threat.
He described the Islamic Republic of Iran's "ballistic missile program, terrorist activities around the world, and dangerous activities throughout the Middle East and beyond" as threats that the United States will work with its partners to address.
The US Secretary of State also introduced a new US strategy on Iran two weeks ago, based on which unprecedented financial pressure will be applied to the Iranian government, the US Department of State and the US Department of Defense will work closely to confront any Iranian aggression, and the US will support the Iranian people's efforts for change.
He finally announced that the United States was willing to negotiate with Iran to resume diplomatic and equal relations if the Islamic Republic's behavior changed.
Source: Voice of America
