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Iran Resumes Production of Advanced Nuclear Program Parts
(Wall Street Journal) Laurence Norman - In August, Iran resumed production of equipment for advanced centrifuges at Karaj, a site the UN atomic energy agency has been unable to monitor or gain access to for months. Iran had stopped work at Karaj in June after a sabotage attack that Tehran blamed on Israel. Since the U.S. exited the nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has installed more than 1,000 more advanced centrifuges. That has helped reduce Iran's breakout time for producing enough nuclear fuel for one bomb to as little as a month. These centrifuges are installed at Iran's underground, heavily fortified, Fordow site. Western diplomats have warned that without a clear understanding of what material and equipment Iran has now, it is harder to reach an agreement that ensures effective, but temporary, restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities.