Enriched uranium above 90% can be used for nuclear weapons, though Tehran insists its nuclear program is peaceful.Īfter months of delays, the European Union, Iran and the U.S. Under the historic nuclear deal, Iran was prohibited from enriching uranium above 3.67%. Iran says its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463 pounds), the latest defiant move ahead of upcoming nuclear talks with the West. withdrew from the deal in 2018 and restored sanctions on Iran, the Islamic Republic gradually - and publicly - abandoned the deal’s limits on its nuclear development. The nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, promises Iran economic incentives in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, and is meant to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.Īfter the U.S. It aired dramatic footage on state television but did not further explain the incident. seizure of a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Gulf of Oman and freed the vessel.
Iran offered conflicting accounts of what happened, claiming that elite Revolutionary Guard commandos had thwarted a U.S. officials said last week that Iran had seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and was still holding the vessel in its port. It wasn't immediately clear how long the exercise would last.ĭubbed “Zolfaghar-1400,” the war games are aimed at “improving readiness in confronting foreign threats and any possible invasion," state TV said. Fighter jets, helicopters, military transport aircraft, submarines and drones were also expected to take part in the drill.
State TV said brigades including commandos and airborne infantry deployed for the annual exercise. in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s unilateral withdrawal of America from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The drill comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. Nearly 20% of all oil shipping passes through the strait to the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean.
The report said navy and air force units as well as ground forces were participating in a more than 1 million square-kilometer (386,100 square-mile) area east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman state TV reported Sunday, less than a month before upcoming nuclear talks with the West.
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