The critical question is identifying the point at which Iran can no longer endure its financial pain
In a report to member states on Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed “serious concern” that, for over four months, Iran has denied access to the agency to two locations where Iran is suspected of carrying out nuclear work.
The United Nations agency suggested that those sites might have been used for storing or processing nuclear material, and that one location may have been used for converting uranium ore in 2003.
The IAEA also warned that Iran has stockpiled more than five times as much enriched uranium as permitted by the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran also surpassed the deal’s enrichment limit of 3.67%, with the highest level currently reaching 4.5%. A 90% enrichment level is necessary to build a nuclear bomb.
In other words, Iran is in total breach of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and won’t allow inspectors into sensitive sites. But what does that mean? Are the Iranians using the chaos surrounding COVID-19 to push for a nuclear breakout?
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