Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country has not violated a 2015 deal that seeks to limit its stocks of low-enriched uranium.
Iran has announced it has amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under its 2015 deal with major powers, its first major step beyond the terms of the deal since the US pulled out of it more than a year ago.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who announced the move, said it nevertheless did not amount to a violation of the accord, arguing that Iran was exercising its right to respond to the US walkout.
European powers, who remain party to the accord and have tried to keep it in place, urged Iran not to take further steps that would violate it.
But they held off on declaring the agreement void or announcing sanctions of their own.
US expert Giampiero Gramaglia analised the situation and touched based on the situation of Us foreign politics after meeting with Russia, North Korea and China at the G20 in Japan.
