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2016-12-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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New clarifications to nuke deal allow Iran to enrich more uranium
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[IsraelTimes] Documents issued by EU foreign policy chief reduce the amount of material currently held by Iran that is counted as enriched uranium
Iran and world powers have agreed on clarifications to the 2015 nuclear deal that will effectively allow Iran to enrich more uranium than previously thought, Rooters reported Friday.
The technical documents released by the office of European Union
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foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini state that some of the enriched material held by Iran is not counted under the limits set by the accord -- for instance unrecoverable uranium left in pipes.
"All current low-level solid waste contaminated with low-enriched uranium (LEU)...which is deemed unrecoverable, is not part of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile as specified in the [accord] provided that Iran does not build or operate any facility or part of a facility capable of recovering LEU from solid waste for 15 years," one clause quoted by Rooters said.
The new documents would apparently allow Tehran more leeway in its activities, after diplomats warned earlier this week that Tehran could soon pass the agreed-upon limit on the material.
The deal originally stipulated that Iran can possess only low-enriched uranium -- which is not suitable for weapons -- and no more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) at any time. That’s far less than would be needed to make a nuclear weapon, even if it were further enriched to weapons-grade levels.
Even a slight violation of Iran’s enrichment commitments would be politically volatile at a time when the deal is on shaky ground. The incoming US administration wants the agreement renegotiated, and many American politicians oppose it. Iran says it won’t renegotiate the deal, and accuses the United States of reneging on commitments to lift sanctions.
Iran insists it is not interested in nuclear arms. Its president, Hassan Rouhani, said after talks with IAEA chief Yukiya Amano last weekend that his country would abide by the deal if other nations do as well.
An IAEA statement said Amano "stressed the vital importance of full implementation by Iran of its nuclear-related commitments." Asked whether he had concerns about Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, he told news hounds that Tehran is within the limits -- "for now."
While Iran has generally kept its obligations since the deal was implemented in January, it has twice exceeded the limit on stockpiles of heavy water, which cools reactors that produce large amounts of plutonium.
On Tuesday Iran’s nuclear energy agency indicated that Tehran would soon begin injecting gas into the latest generation of advanced centrifuges, IR-8, in a move that marks the next step to make them operational and that Iran says is permitted under the terms of the nuclear deal.
Iran has said that its IR-8 centrifuges enrich uranium 20 times faster than the IR-1 centrifuges, which the country used prior to the deal.
Under the terms of the agreement as issued in a fact sheet released by the US State Department last year, Iran "will not use its IR-2, IR-4, IR-5, IR-6, or IR-8 models to produce enriched uranium for at least ten years. For ten years, enrichment and enrichment research and development will be limited to ensure a breakout timeline of at least 1 year. Beyond 10 years, Iran will abide by its enrichment and enrichment R&D plan submitted to the IAEA, and pursuant to the JCPOA, under the Additional Protocol resulting in certain limitations on enrichment capacity."
Iran has maintained that, under the accord, it was allowed to conduct R&D on its more advanced centrifuges. 
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