Accelerator part . File photoMOSCOW, Aug 31The IAEA reports that Iran has begun enriching uranium at the second of three cascades of modified IR-6 centrifuges at an underground facility in Natanz, Reuters reported, citing a report from the organization. Monday announced that Iran had begun enriching uranium using one of three cascades of IR-6 centrifuges that were recently installed at an underground facility in Natanz. At the time, it was reported that a cascade of 174 machines had begun to be used at the facility to enrich uranium to 5%.Iran began to enrich uranium at an underground facility, media write. It is noted that the second cascade is also expected to enrich uranium up to 5%. Material has not yet been submitted to the third cascade. In 2015, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Russia, the United States, France and Iran signed a nuclear deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which involved the lifting of sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA and reinstated sanctions against Tehran. In response, Iran announced a phased reduction in its obligations under the agreement, abandoning restrictions on nuclear research, centrifuges and the level of uranium enrichment. Negotiations were held in Vienna to renew the JCPOA and lift Washington's sanctions against Tehran. In December 2021, the parties reached an agreement on two draft agreements, in which the European side included the positions of Iran. According to Iranian representative Bagheri Kyani, the negotiations were successful, but the representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, assessed the progress in Vienna as modest, urging Tehran to take the issue seriously. nuclear deal, and expressed his opinion on the «remaining issues» in the negotiations. The EU called Iran's response to the nuclear deal proposal constructive and said it was consulting with the United States on further steps. The Iranian side received a response from the United States on August 24. U.S. government comments have been under consideration for several days now.
