The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told lawma...
The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
ISNA cited a member of parliament who attended the meeting. Heavy water can be employed in reactors to produce plutonium, a fuel used in nuclear warheads. The remaining signatories have tried to hold the nuclear deal together, an increasingly difficult task as tensions between Washington and Tehran have soared in recent weeks.
On July 3, President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran would increase its uranium enrichment levels and start to revive its Arak heavy-water reactor after July 7 if the nations in the nuclear pact did not protect trade with Iran promised under the deal but blocked by the U.S. sanctions.
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