The fuel Iran is making now will be used in its reactor at Bushehr, which requires fuel enriched to just below five per cent, so this is not a very big breach of the treaty. Indeed, Iran says it is not a breach at all, quoting the part of the JCPOA that says a party can cease performing its commitments
in whole or in part in the event of significant non-performance by any of the other parties.
You could say certainly argue that the United States ceased performing its commitments in whole or in part by abandoning the JCPOA, imposing extremely harsh trade sanctions on Iran, and trying to force everybody else to stop trading with it too, but there would be no point. This is about power, not legality or fairness, and the United States has the power.
The US has used its power to force most of the other countries that signed the treaty to stop trading with Iran too, even though they knew that Iran was meeting all its obligations. Unfortunately, its not Germany or France that trades with Iran; its German and French companies, which will not be allowed to buy or sell in the US if they trade with Iran.
You could say certainly argue that the United States ceased performing its commitments in whole or in part by abandoning the JCPOA, imposing extremely harsh trade sanctions on Iran, and trying to force everybody else to stop trading with it too, but there would be no point. This is about power, not legality or fairness, and the United States has the power.
The US has used its power to force most of the other countries that signed the treaty to stop trading with Iran too, even though they knew that Iran was meeting all its obligations. Unfortunately, its not Germany or France that trades with Iran; its German and French companies, which will not be allowed to buy or sell in the US if they trade with Iran.
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