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El gráfico muestra la intensificación de tensiones en Oriente Medio y el proceso de enriquecimiento de uranio.
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Irán reanuda el enriquecimiento al 20% en medio de crecientes tensiones con EUA

January 5, 2021 - Irán reanudó el enriquecimiento de uranio a 20 por ciento de pureza, violando un acuerdo nuclear de 2015 con potencias mundiales, una medida que posiblemente intensificará aún más las tensiones con Estados Unidos.

Iran also seized a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker on Monday, saying the ship had violated environmental rules.

Both moves came a day after the one-year anniversary of the U.S. killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, and less than three weeks before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, CNN reported.

As tensions continue to rise, President Trump directed the Pentagon to keep a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Middle East, reversing a decision to send it out of the region last week.

An Iranian government spokesman said Monday that experts had restarted uranium enrichment towards a 20 percent target at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, according to semi-official news agency Mehr and state news agency IRNA.

Iran currently enriches its uranium stockpile up to around 4.5 percent, which is above the 3.67 percent cap imposed by a 2015 deal with world powers, but far short of the 90 percent that is considered weapons-grade. Iran has continually denied it intends to build nuclear weapons.

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PUBLISHED: 05/01/2021; STORY: Graphic News
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