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Trump: "Iran playing with fire" by breaching Uranium limit

Iran's foreign minister says the country's uranium stockpile has passed the 300kg limit under its nuclear deal.

In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, released by the Iranian President's Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power

Source: AAP

Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says, defying a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite US sanctions.

Zarif confirmed to the ISNA news agency that Iran had exceeded the relevant limit of 300kg of uranium hexafluoride (UF6), but Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Iran's steps to decrease its commitments to the nuclear deal were "reversible".

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By Ali Bahnasawy

Source: AFP, SBS



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