France, Britain and Germany on Saturday vented their frustration at Iran's demand in talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal that the UN nuclear watchdog close a probe into uranium particles found at three sites, adding that it was jeopardizing the talks.
"This latest demand raises serious doubts as to Iran's intentions and commitment to a successful outcome on the JCPoA," the three countries said in a statement, referring to the deal's full name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
"Iran's position contradicts its legally binding obligations and jeopardizes prospects of restoring the JCPoA."
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sounded the alarm Wednesday over an increase in Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium by 60 percent, warning that the level is a technical step away from weapons-grade levels.
The latest IAEA report said the agency “is not in a position to assure that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful.”
In addition, IAEA officials said they are “increasingly concerned” that Iran has not engaged in the agency’s probe into man-made uranium particles found at the three undeclared sites in the country.
