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The Bushehr-2 expansion of the plant has been on the cards for several years. It was initially touted for completion by 2020. The plant is expected to generate 1,000 MW of electricity for southern parts of Iran.
Tehran and Moscow signed a contract for the expansion of the Bushehr site in 2014, a year after Russia got the first phase up and running, but both sides put Bushehr-2 on the back burner until the nuclear deal was signed in November 2015. Since the US unilaterally walked out of the accord in May 2018, foreign investments made in Iran generally have to take into account the threat of US sanctions.
Iran's enriched uranium stockpile has passed the 300-kilogram limit under the 2015 nuclear deal an "informed source" said, Tass citing Fars News Agency reported on July 1.
Under the nuclear deal, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s low-enriched uranium should not exceed a 202.8kg limit. This latest admission now brings Tehran technically in breach of its obligations, if the United Nation's latterly confirms the amount.
Officials in Iran said in recent hours that the country’s nuclear programme was on track to pass the enriched uranium limit, hinting at the move being made after frustrations by the Iranian leadership at Europe's flipflopping at their obligations of sanctions relief as part of the JCPOA.
Tehran’s move to breach the agreement follows that of the United States which formally ejected from the deal in May last year and has placed increasingly tougher sanctions on Tehran in recent months.
"As we announced when we said our steps would continue, the stockpile has passed 300 kg," the source said to the Iranian news agency.
The unnamed person said the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was aware of the direction of Iran’s uranium enrichment earlier in the week while measuring the stockpile.
The enrichment announcement, where if it surpassed a level of 3.6% fissile material could eventually allow Iran to build up enough highly-enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon or at the break-out stage.
9.1.13 ​Defence sector news
Iran debuts missile system
Iran has debuted a domestically built long-range missile system. ​Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech in Tehran on August 22 during the unveiling of the mobile air-to-surface Bavar-373 missile system that since Iran’s “enemies don’t accept logic, we cannot respond with logic”.
"When the enemy launches a missile against us, we cannot give a speech and say: 'Mr Rocket, please do not hit our country and our innocent people. Rocket-launching sir, if you can please hit a button and self-destruct the missile in mid-air,'" he added.
Tehran remains defiant in the face of the US “economic war and terrorism” that many observers worry could spiral into a military confrontation.
The country’s leadership is sticking to its position that talks with US President Donald Trump would not even be considered unless Washington drops the sanctions it is using in an attempt at throttling the Iranian economy to force concessions from Tehran on its military capabilities and geopolitical roles in the Middle East.
The Bavar-373 system is seen by some military analysts as a rival to the Russian S-300 missile system. Its unveiling occurred on Iran's National Defence Industry Day.
Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami told state television that the system can
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