<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister bluntly stated that whether the despotic regime in Iran makes a nuclear deal with the United States or not, Iran will continue enriching uranium.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Seyed Abbas Araghchi <a href="https://x.com/araghchi/status/1924143188341653975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1924143188341653975%7Ctwgr%5Edc42ba01d925128c26ebf7241cb4cb02c171b908%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fworld%2Firan-foreign-minister-vows-nuclear-enrichment-continue-with-without-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a>, “Special Interest groups; malign actors which set the agendas of at least previous Administrations,” should be ignored before adding, “we are ready for a serious conversation to achieve a solution that will forever ensure that outcome. Enrichment in Iran, however, will continue with or without a deal.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In January 2024, the Arms Control Association <a href="https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2024-02/news/iran-accelerates-highly-enriched-uranium-production" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that Iran had accelerated its production of uranium enriched to near-weapons grade levels, pointing out that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had estimated Iran was producing approximately nine kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent uranium-235 per month. “Accelerating the production of uranium enriched to 60 percent U-235 is concerning because the material can be quickly enriched to weapons-grade levels or 90 percent,” the Arms Control Association reported.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Once you&#8217;re at 60, you&#8217;re 90% of the way there. You are, in essence, a threshold nuclear weapons state, which is what Iran basically has become,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-foreign-minister-vows-nuclear-enrichment-continue-with-without-deal?intcmp=tw_fnc&amp;taid=682aa729f8868200012f443a&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> said</a> on Thursday.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Uranium enrichment involves increasing the concentration of the Uranium-235 (U-235) isotope in uranium, from its normal 0.7% to 3.5% for use in nuclear reactors or going further, over 20%, at which point it can be used for nuclear weapons.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Because Iran has reduced its cooperation with the Agency, the IAEA is no longer able to precisely verify Iran&#8217;s stockpile of enriched uranium at any one time,” Iran Watch<a href="https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/articles-reports/irans-nuclear-timetable-weapon-potential" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> noted</a> in late March of this year in a comprehensive article about Iran’s nuclear weapons program, adding, “Iran’s nuclear program has reached the point at which Iran might be able to enrich enough uranium for five fission weapons within about one week and enough for eight weapons in less than two weeks.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The danger of Iran further enriching uranium was explicated thus: “Iran&#8217;s centrifuges have not produced uranium usually defined as weapon-grade, which is uranium enriched to 90% or higher in the isotope U-235. All of Iran’s production has been at lower grades. Thus, the lower-grade uranium would have to be enriched further to reach at least 90%.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In April 2024, Iran <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/as-iran-threatens-israel-the-danger-of-tehrans-long-vaunted-missile-program-remains-in-question/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> a reported 30 cruise and 120 ballistic missiles targeting Israel; the U.S. Director of National Intelligence stated, “Iran has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the region and continues to emphasize improving the accuracy, lethality and reliability of these systems.”</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei verbally attacked President Donald Trump in front of a crowd chanting “death to America” in recent comments; Khamenei accused Trump of “lying.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Trump Is Lying and His Statements Are Not Worth a Response; Israel Will Be Dismantled; Crowd Chants “Death to America” Multiple Times <a href="https://t.co/STqgNBsSP5">pic.twitter.com/STqgNBsSP5</a></p>
<p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1924053709585043708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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