Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump's allies had tricked the US administration into killing off the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers.
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Zarif said on Twitter that Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had killed an earlier agreement in 2005 by insisting that Iran stop all uranium enrichment.
Bolton & Netanyahu killed Paris agreement between E3 & Iran in '05 by insisting on zero enrichment.
Result? Iran increased its enrichment 100 fold by 2012.
Now they've lured @realDonaldTrump into killing #JCPOA w/the same delusion.#B_Team hasn't learned. BUT THE WORLD SHOULD.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) July 9, 2019
"Now they've lured @realdonaldtrump into killing #JCPOA (the 2015 nuclear deal) w/the same delusion," Zarif added.
Iran enriched uranium beyond a 3.67% purity limit set by its deal with major powers this week, the UN nuclear watchdog policing the deal said on Monday, confirming a move previously announced by Tehran.
"[International Atomic Energy Agency] Director General Yukiya Amano has informed the IAEA Board of Governors that Agency inspectors on July 8 verified that Iran is enriching uranium above 3.67% U-235," an IAEA spokesman said.
A report to member states obtained by Reuters said that the agency had verified the enrichment level using online enrichment monitors, and that samples had also been taken on Monday for analysis.
