Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated on the UN Common Meeting that his nation doesn’t intend to develop nuclear weapons. He emphasised that Iran has by no means sought—and won’t search—to construct an atomic bomb, citing non secular edicts from the Supreme Chief and different clerical authorities as the idea for Tehran’s stance. Iran’s trendy nuclear historical past stretches again to the Nineteen Fifties below the US-backed Shah, and the nation joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1970, inserting its nuclear actions below IAEA safeguards.
60% Announcement and Its Limits
Days earlier, Supreme Chief Seyyed Ali Khamenei mentioned Iran had restricted uranium enrichment to 60 %, stopping in need of the roughly 90 % degree sometimes related to weapons-grade materials. Whereas 60 % is beneath the upper threshold, it considerably narrows the technical hole and due to this fact stays strategically essential.
Resumption of Enrichment
Iran says it restarted higher-level enrichment following a coordinated airstrike—claimed to have focused its nuclear services—by Israel and the USA. Tehran insists these steps are defensive and never meant to provide nuclear arms, at the same time as the size of enrichment has raised worldwide concern.
E3 Transfer In opposition to Iran
President Pezeshkian additionally condemned makes an attempt by Britain, France and Germany—the E3 events to the 2015 nuclear deal—to revive UN sanctions in opposition to Iran, calling such actions illegitimate. The E3 notified the Safety Council of what they known as Iran’s non-performance below the Joint Complete Plan of Motion (JCPOA) and sought to set off the deal’s “snapback” mechanism. Critics level out the transfer bypassed the JCPOA’s dispute-resolution procedures and the 35-day window supplied below UN Decision 2231, casting doubt on the legality of the E3 motion.
Iran’s Talks with France
On the sidelines of the UN session, Pezeshkian and French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned Iran’s nuclear file and bilateral ties. In accordance with Iran’s presidential workplace, Macron expressed a willingness to work to de-escalate tensions and signalled France’s curiosity in stabilising relations and preserving peace within the Center East.
Tehran Rejects Talks With Washington
Khamenei warned in opposition to negotiating with the USA below present situations, arguing that talks wouldn’t serve Iran’s nationwide curiosity and will even inflict “main” or “irreparable” losses. He characterised latest US calls for—equivalent to a halt to enrichment—as preconditions amounting to dictation quite than real negotiation.
Engagement with the IAEA
Iran maintains that its enrichment programme has no army objective, even because the IAEA notes Tehran is the one non-nuclear-weapon state to complement uranium to such excessive ranges. Iranian Overseas Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met IAEA Director Common Rafael Grossi in New York, with either side describing latest interactions as constructive and urging diplomatic channels to stop additional escalation.
How Uranium Enrichment Works
Nuclear weapons and civil reactors use fissile supplies—uranium amongst them—whose nuclei could be cut up in a series response that releases massive quantities of vitality. Pure uranium is dominated by the isotope U-238; the fissile isotope U-235 is current in solely hint quantities. “Enrichment” will increase the proportion of U-235 in a pattern so it could actually maintain the reactions wanted for energy technology or, at larger concentrations, for weapons.
Is 60% Sufficient for a Nuke?
Weapons sometimes use uranium enriched to about 90 % or extra as a result of such materials permits for smaller, extra environment friendly warheads and supply methods. Technically, nonetheless, uranium enriched to 60 % remains to be weapons-usable. A tool utilizing 60 % materials would seemingly be bulkier and fewer environment friendly than one utilizing 90 % materials, but it surely stays “bomb-capable.” That technical actuality is why Western capitals view Iran’s 60 % enrichment with deep skepticism regardless of Tehran’s reiterated denials of army intent. Subsequently, Iran’s declare that it doesn’t need nuclear weapons is simply one more transfer to keep away from additional sanctions and army battle.