Road to Iran’s nuclear deal

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to scrap an internationally-brokered nuclear deal with Iran and re-impose sanctions unless the regime stops testing ballistic missiles and supporting terrorism


Fordow: Under deal, fuel enrichment halted for 15 years. Facility converted for medical isotope
research only

Arak: Heavy Water Reactor redesigned to prevent production of weapons-grade plutonium

Centrifuges at Natanz and Fordow cut from 20,172 to 6,104. Uranium enrichment limited to 3.67%


Uranium mines	Uranium enrichment	Military	Reactor

TURKEY
IRAQ
KUWAIT
SAUDI ARABIA
Bonab
Caspian Sea
Ramsar
Karaj
Isfahan
Tehran
Parchin
Natanz
Ardakan
IAEA* to monitor uranium mining for 25 years
Bushehr
The Gulf
TURKMENISTAN
Saghand
Gachin
IRAN   
AFGHANISTAN

200km 120 miles


2013: Hassan Rouhani (left) elected Iran’s president, replacing hard-line Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Nov: Iran agrees pact with U.S., UK, China, France, Germany and Russia to curb nuclear work in return for sanctions relief

2015: Congress passes Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act – INARA – which allows U.S. president to reimpose sanctions

Jan 2016: Iran nuclear deal – JCPOA† – enacted. Iran receives $100 billion of its assets frozen in
foreign banks

Sep 2017: IAEA says Iran is in compliance with JCPOA. U.S. and EU say missile tests violate UN resolution 2231 which is part of deal

May 12, 2018: Deadline under INARA for Trump to trigger sanctions


*International Atomic Energy Agency. †Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Sources: Nuclear Threat Initiative, Reuters 
Pictures: Associated Press 
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