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Iran will launch a rocket launch amid reopening negotiations on the nation’s nuclear program, Iranian state media announced on Sunday.
Iran has conducted numerous rocket launch tests in recent years, some of which ended in failure. The Iranian regime has become increasingly aggressive as the start of new nuclear talks approaches, with some of the country’s naval ships challenging a pair of American ships last week.
Iran is ready too to increase its uranium enrichment capabilities, according to a report by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Experts say the development is a warning sign to the United States that Iran is seeking concessions in upcoming indirect negotiations.
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FILE – In this archive photo from October 26, 2010, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant on the outskirts of the southern city of Bushehr. Iran’s only nuclear power plant has suffered a temporary emergency shutdown, state television reported on Sunday, June 20, 2021. An official from the state-owned power company, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said in a program of social gathering that the shutdown of the Bushehr plant began on Saturday and that it would last “between three or four days.” (AP Photo / Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, archive)
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“Iran’s nuclear escalation strategy continues to be defined by two types of events: increasing the scale and scope of the program through field events while reducing control and verification capabilities. of the IAEA, ”Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior member of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies that focuses on Iranian security, told Fox News Digital last week. “This combination of fewer eyes and more worries is designed to scare Washington into more concessions in Vienna.”
Preliminary negotiations with Iran broke down after the US refused to withdraw sanctions against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia later this week. While his agenda there is primarily concerned with oil prices, he is also expected to leave his weight behind the new round of talks.
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Iran has abandoned many of the commitments it made in the 2015 nuclear deal after the United States withdrew from it under former President Donald Trump. The Biden administration has made little progress towards another agreement.