US diplomats stated that Iran is to receive a huge shipment of natural Uranium, sent by Russia, in return for exporting tons of reactor coolant, according to the Daily Wire. Obama administration and other governments, seeking to keep Tehran committed to the nuclear pact, approved the deal.
Two senior US diplomats, who preferred to be unnamed, declared that the shipment was approved by the US and five other world powers that negotiated the nuclear deal.
Meanwhile, Iran foresees the delivery of 116 metric tons (nearly 130 tons) of natural Uranium. Such Uranium shipment can be used as fuel for a nuclear reactor or as the heart of an atomic bomb.
The diplomats added that they need the approval of the UN Security Council, but “It will only be a formality, considering that five of those powers are permanent Security Council members.”
In the current deal, Iran compensated Russia with roughly 40 metric tons (44 tons) of heavy water. It also sent 30 tons to the United States and Oman, according to the nuclear agreement took place at the beginning of July of the past year.
The Daily Wire quoted the diplomats as saying that any natural Uranium going to Iran would be under strict surveillance by the UN’s IAEA for 25 years after the deal went through.
The said Uranium shipment could be enriched to build over 10 simple nuclear bombs, depending on the efficiency of the enrichment process and the design of the nuclear weapon, the newspaper quoted David Albright of the Institute of Science and International Security.
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