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 ngo-60% kusukela ngomhlaka-14.
U-Araghi uphinde wathi ngesikhungo senuzi saseNatanz lapho uhlelo lwamandla lwehluleka khona ngomhlaka-11, i-Iran izothatha indawo yama-centrifuge alimele ngokushesha okukhulu, futhi yengeze ama-centrifuge ayi-1,000 ngokukhula okungu-50% kokuhlushwa.
Ngalo lolo suku, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wase-Iran uZarif uphinde wathi ngesikhathi sengqungquthela yabezindaba ehlangene noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia uLavrov owayevakashile ukuthi i-Iran izosebenzisa i-centrifuge ethuthuke kakhulu esikhungweni senuzi saseNatanz ukuze kwenziwe imisebenzi yokucebisa i-uranium.
Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari kulo nyaka, i-Iran yamemezela ukuthi isiqalile ukusebenzisa izinyathelo zokwandisa inala ye-uranium ecebile ibe ngu-20% esikhungweni senuzi iFordo.
NgoJulayi 2015, i-Iran yafinyelela esivumelwaneni senuzi sase-Iran ne-United States, iBrithani, iFrance, iRussia, iShayina kanye neJalimane. Ngokwesivumelwano, i-Iran yathembisa ukunciphisa uhlelo lwayo lwenuzi kanye nobuningi be-uranium ecebile ngeke kudlule u-3.67% uma umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba ususa izijeziso ngokumelene ne-Iran.
NgoMeyi 2018, uhulumeni wase-US wahoxa ngokuzimela esivumelwaneni senuzi sase-Iran, futhi kamuva waqala kabusha futhi wanezela uchungechunge lwezijeziso ngokumelene ne-Iran. Kusukela ngoMeyi 2019, i-Iran iye yamisa kancane kancane ukuqaliswa kwemibandela ethile yesivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran, kodwa yathembisa ukuthi izinyathelo ezithathiwe “zingashintsha.”