Apparently Obama has told the world press that the upcoming deal with Iran
would prevent them from injecting gas into their centrifuge, which would speed
up the process. However, the Iranian officials are denying this. There is a lot
of confusion. Also, the Khamenei claims that Obama is lying about certain parts
of the deal.
It is unclear from the below article whether the injection of the gas is
just a test or if it is to be a permanent part of the production process.
While this news from Iran has found its way into the Israeli press, I
failed to come up with any news on this in the Russian press. It is important to
know what the Russians are saying because they are close partners with Iran. If
Iran is reporting this but the Russian press is not, that could suggest that the
Russians are hiding something. Or it could mean that they have not yet been
informed.
I have asked one of my Russian speaking E. European contacts to
check this out.
Don
TEHRAN (FNA)- Legislative officials quoted Iran's foreign
minister and nuclear chief as telling a closed-door session of the parliament on
Tuesday that the country would inject gas into the latest generation of its
centrifuge machines as soon as a final nuclear deal goes into effect by Tehran
and the six world powers.
Zarif and the Atomic Energy Organiation of Iran (AEOI)
Chief Ali Akbar Salehi are taking part at a closed-door session at the
parliament this morning to brief the legislature about the details of the latest
round of the nuclear talks with the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security
Council members plus Germany) and the joint statement released by the seven
nations in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.
"The AEOI chief and the foreign minister presented hopeful remarks about nuclear technology R&D which, they said, have been agreed upon during the talks (with the six world powers), and informed that gas will be injected into IR8 (centrifuge machines) with the start of the (implementation of the) agreement," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Javad Karimi Qoddousi said following the closed-door session at the legislature today.
Qoddousi did not say if the gas injection would be for testing or for practical enrichment purposes. IR8, the latest generation of Iran-made centrifuge machines, is now under construction.
The lawmaker further pointed out that the Iranian Foreign Ministry also plans to release a Factsheet about the Lausanne statement to stress the concerns of the nation and the MPs, reiterating that the release of this factsheet has been the most important news given to the MPs in today's session.
"This is the most important thing that we should wait for in the next few days so that those issues that have stirred serious concern among the Iranians will be revised and released in this factsheet," he added.
According to another MP Gholam-Ali Jafarzade who was also present in the parliament's closed-door session today, the Iranian nuclear chief, Salehi, has briefed the lawmakers on the latest conditions of Iran's atomic plants and the country's latest achievements in the nuclear sector during the closed-door session today.
"Salehi also portrayed an image of Iran's nuclear situation and position on the global scene," he added.
Iran and the G5+1 started their new round of talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, last week to narrow their differences over Tehran's nuclear energy program ahead of a July 1 deadline.
After nine days of hard work, the seven nations reached an understanding on Thursday which laid the ground for them to start drafting the final nuclear deal
"The AEOI chief and the foreign minister presented hopeful remarks about nuclear technology R&D which, they said, have been agreed upon during the talks (with the six world powers), and informed that gas will be injected into IR8 (centrifuge machines) with the start of the (implementation of the) agreement," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Javad Karimi Qoddousi said following the closed-door session at the legislature today.
Qoddousi did not say if the gas injection would be for testing or for practical enrichment purposes. IR8, the latest generation of Iran-made centrifuge machines, is now under construction.
The lawmaker further pointed out that the Iranian Foreign Ministry also plans to release a Factsheet about the Lausanne statement to stress the concerns of the nation and the MPs, reiterating that the release of this factsheet has been the most important news given to the MPs in today's session.
"This is the most important thing that we should wait for in the next few days so that those issues that have stirred serious concern among the Iranians will be revised and released in this factsheet," he added.
According to another MP Gholam-Ali Jafarzade who was also present in the parliament's closed-door session today, the Iranian nuclear chief, Salehi, has briefed the lawmakers on the latest conditions of Iran's atomic plants and the country's latest achievements in the nuclear sector during the closed-door session today.
"Salehi also portrayed an image of Iran's nuclear situation and position on the global scene," he added.
Iran and the G5+1 started their new round of talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, last week to narrow their differences over Tehran's nuclear energy program ahead of a July 1 deadline.
After nine days of hard work, the seven nations reached an understanding on Thursday which laid the ground for them to start drafting the final nuclear deal
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