(Times of Israel) Iran's President Hassan Rouhani bragged on Iranian state television just four months ago that he and the regime flouted a 2003 agreement with the IAEA in which Iran promised to suspend all uranium enrichment and other nuclear activities. Interviewed by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on May 27, less than three weeks before he won the June 14 presidential elections, Rouhani detailed how Iran had flagrantly breached the October 2003 "Tehran Declaration," which he said "was supposed to outline how everything should be suspended." In practice, Rouhani said, "We did not let that happen!" Far from honoring the commitment, in which Iran said "it has decided voluntarily to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities," Rouhani said that all Iran did was merely suspend "ten centrifuges" in the Natanz enrichment facility. "And not a total suspension. Just reduced the yield." He went on to state proudly that the Iranian heavy water reactor at Arak was also developed under his watch, in 2004. "Do you know when we developed yellowcake? Winter 2004," Rouhani went on. "Do you know when the number of centrifuges reached 3,000? Winter 2004."
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