New US measures against Iran 's enriched uranium production

The United States took action on Friday to force Iran to stop producing lightly enriched uranium and suspend the development of its only nuclear power plant.

The US administration, however, renewed the exemptions allowing Russia, China, France and Britain to continue activities to prevent Tehran to acquire the atomic weapon, said the State Department in a statement. Their duration, which until now was 180 days, has been reduced to 90 days, he adds.

As part of Iran's international agreement on the Iran nuclear program in 2015, Tehran pledged to transform its Arak and Fordow nuclear facilities to make the production of fissile materials usable for military purposes much more difficult. .

Donald Trump denounced the agreement last May, paving the way for the reinstatement of economic sanctions lifted after its entry into force, which put these commitments into question. European signatories have since been trying to save it by circumventing these sanctions, which extend to Tehran's trading partners.......