Islamic Republic of Iran in rush to go nuclear, says United Nations

The Islamic Republic of Iran is broadening its ability to enrich uranium at an underground plant, according to a new watchdog report published by the United Nations.

The Islamic Republic completed the installation of seven clusters of advanced centrifuges during the last month at a Fuel Enrichment Plant located underground in Natanz, says a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that was reviewed Monday by the news agency, Reuters. Investigators believe the seven clusters are fully installed but not yet enriching.

U.N. officials became alarmed because an earlier, but a recent Sept. 7 report found to the contrary that the clusters were not even finished or installed, suggesting that nuclear engineers in Iran have been working speedily.

Iran has also been adding centrifuges at another underground site in Fordow. Experts suspect the two plants may be designed to withstand an aerial attack, Reuters said.

The Biden administration’s negotiations with Iran about renewing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are apparently stalling while Tehran continues to create more advanced centrifuges to produce enriched uranium, the precise element the nuclear deal would prohibit.