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Israel calls on the international community: Action must be taken before Iran ends its nuclear program

Politiko 2025-05-31 16:32:24

Israel calls on the international community: Action must be taken before Iran

Israel accused Iran of being determined to end its nuclear weapons program, shortly after the disclosure of a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to which Tehran has accelerated the pace of production of stockpiles of enriched uranium by 60%.

"Despite numerous warnings from the international community, Iran is determined to end its nuclear weapons program," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

"The international community must act now to stop Iran," the statement further said, adding that the level of uranium enrichment that Iran has achieved "exists only in countries that actively seek [to acquire] nuclear weapons and there is no justification for doing so for political purposes."

The IAEA found a net increase in enriched uranium with a purity of 60%, which is close to the 90% required to build a nuclear weapon. The total was 408.6 kg on May 17, an increase of 133.8 kg over the previous three months (compared to an increase of 92 kg in the previous period).

As for the total amount of enriched uranium, it now exceeds 45 times the limit allowed by the 2015 agreement with the great powers, reaching 9247.6 kilograms.

"This significant increase in the production and accumulation of highly enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear state producing such nuclear material, is worrying," the UN agency wrote in its report.

This report was announced at a time when Washington and Tehran have been negotiating for several weeks in an attempt to reach an agreement to stop this nuclear escalation.

The two countries disagree on the issue of uranium enrichment: the US demands that Iran give up enrichment completely, while Tehran categorically refuses, arguing in favor of its right to enrich a nuclear capacity for civilian purposes.

Western countries, led by the US, and Israel, Iran's sworn enemy and the only nuclear power in the Middle East according to experts, suspect that Tehran wants to equip itself with nuclear weapons. Tehran defends these military ambitions but emphasizes its right to nuclear weapons for civilian purposes, mainly for the energy sector, as provided for in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to which Iran is a signatory.

Tehran and Washington, which severed diplomatic relations four decades ago, held a fifth round of talks in Rome on May 23, mediated by the Sultanate of Oman. Iranian negotiator Abbas Araghchi and his American counterpart Steve Witkoff left without visible progress but said they were ready for new talks. No new date has been set at this time.

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