I wonder what the towel heads did with the money and the Kenyan sent them?
IRAN announced today it intends to smash the strict uranium stockpile limits set under the nuclear deal it struck with the world's leading powers.
The hardline country's shock statement is
another blow to a pact already crumbling since the US’s high-profile withdrawal.
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President Rouhani said his country would stop observing restrictions on its stocks of enriched uraniumCredit: EPA
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Donald's Trump's administration has already imposed tough economic sanctions on Tehran.Credit: AFP or licensors
"Today the countdown to pass the 300 kilograms reserve of enriched uranium has started and in 10 days time we will pass this limit," said Iran's atomic energy organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi.
"This is based on the Articles 26 and 36 of the (nuclear deal), and will be reversed once other parties live up to their commitments."
Kamalvandi acknowledged the country has already QUADRUPLED its production of low-enriched uranium.
The news is bound to ramp up tensions between Iran and the West already at breaking point following the
shock bomb attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
Many international observers believe the attack was an act of "revenge" by Iran after the White House imposed crippling economic sanctions after Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal.
Just last month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced his country would stop observing restrictions on its stocks of enriched uranium and heavy water agreed under the 2015 deal.
What is the Iran nuclear deal and what happens if it collapses?
The deal is an arrangement between the Islamic Republic and a group of world powers for Iran to abandon its nuclear programme.
Officially it is known as the
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA).
It saw the Middle Eastern nation agree to reduce its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium by 98 per cent.
Enriched uranium is essential for developing nuclear weapons and power stations.
As part of the agreement Iran also agreed to only enrich their uranium up to 3.67 per cent over the next 15 years.
In addition they were barred from building any more heavy-water faculties - a type of nuclear reactor which uses heavy water (deuterium oxide) as a coolant to maintain temperatures in the reactor.
Also under the agreement the International Atomic Energy Agency was granted regular access to all Iranian nuclear facilities to ensure Iran maintains the deal.
The deal said that if Iran abides by it the nation would receive relief from the US, European Union, and the United Nations Security Council on all nuclear-related economic sanctions.
The agreement was reached on July 14 2015 and the world powers signed it in Vienna.
Iran, China, France, Russia, UK, USA, Germany and the EU all signed up to the deal.
If the deal collapses it initially probably means reimposing oil-related sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the terms of the agreement.
