Ngokusho kwe-Iranian News Television, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wase-Iran u-Araghi uthe ngomhlaka-13 ukuthi i-Iran yazise i-International Atomic Energy Agency ukuthi ihlela ukuqala ukukhiqiza i-uranium ecebile engu-60% kusukela ngomhlaka-14.
U-Araghi uphinde wathi esikhungweni senuzi saseNatanz lapho uhlelo lwamandla luhluleka khona ngomhlaka-11, i-Iran izoshintsha ama-centrifuges alimele ngokushesha, futhi yengeze ama-centrifuges angu-1,000 ngokunyuka kwama-50% ekugxilweni.
Ngalo lolo suku, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wase-Iranian uZarif naye washo ngesikhathi ehlangene nabezindaba noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia uLavrov ukuthi i-Iran izosebenzisa i-centrifuge ethuthuke kakhulu esikhungweni senuzi saseNatanz ukuze kwenziwe imisebenzi yokunothisa i-uranium.
Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari walo nyaka, i-Iran yamemezela ukuthi isiqalile ukusebenzisa izindlela zokwandisa inala ye-uranium ecebile ifinyelele ku-20% esikhungweni senuzi saseFordo.
NgoJulayi 2015, i-Iran yafinyelela isivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran ne-United States, iBrithani, iFrance, iRussia, iChina kanye neJalimane. Ngokwesivumelwano, i-Iran ithembise ukunciphisa uhlelo lwayo lwenuzi futhi inala ye-uranium ecebile ngeke idlule u-3.67% ukuze kususwe unswinyo olubhekiswe e-Iran ngumphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe.
NgoMeyi 2018, uhulumeni wase-US wahoxa ngaphandle kwesivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran, wabe eseqala kabusha futhi wengeza uchungechunge lwezijeziso ngokumelene ne-Iran. Kusukela ngoMeyi 2019, i-Iran ikumise kancane kancane ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlinzeko ezithile zesivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran, kodwa yathembisa ukuthi izinyathelo ezithathiwe “ziyabuyiselwa emuva.”