Iran to Raise Uranium Enrichment, In New Breach of Nuclear Deal

This handout image supplied by the Iran International Photo Agency shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded in Bushehr, southern Iran, on Aug. 21, 2010. Photo by IIPA via Getty Images

Iranian officials have announced that Tehran has begun to increase uranium enrichment above a previously agreed purity limit, in violation of a 2015 deal designed to limit the country’s nuclear ambitions.

Officials made the announcement on July 7, in line with earlier signals that Iran planned to push ahead with raising uranium enrichment to 5 percent concentration.