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Iran says it resumes 20% enrichment at Fordow amid growing tensions with U.S.

Iran says it resumes 20% enrichment at Fordow amid growing tensions with U.S.

PARISA HAFEZI IRAN has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, the government has revealed, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers and possibly complicating efforts by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to rejoin the deal. Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Iran's arch foe Israel, said the move was aimed at developing nuclear weapons and Israel would never allow Tehran to build them. The enrichment decision, Iran's latest contravention of the accord, coincides with increasing tensions between Iran and the United States in the last days of President Donald Trump's administration. Tehran started violating the accord in 2019…
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