“Iran is enriching uranium at an unprecedented rate and is dangerously close to acquiring nuclear weapons,” he told Britain’s Telegraph in an interview. Bennett called on the international community to join Israel and increase pressure on Iran’s nuclear program and ambitions. “Without pressure from the West, the Islamic regime in Iran could pick up a nuclear bomb very soon,” he said. “People need to take a firm stand and say to the Islamic regime in Iran: no nuclear, no sanctions. “Iran’s nuclear program will not stop until it stops.” Get the Times of Israel Daily E-mail and never miss our top stories By registering, you agree to the terms In the article, the Telegraph also reported that Israel had asked the United Kingdom to set up a so-called “tripwire” mechanism to launch tougher sanctions on Iran if it continued its ongoing nuclear efforts. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, second right, hears an explanation as he sees an advanced centrifuge at an exhibition of Iran’s nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, on April 9, 2022. (Office of the President of Iran) According to the Telegraph, this mechanism will be separate from any possible future agreement between Tehran and the West. Bennett’s comments came after the UN nuclear watchdog formally criticized Iran for its nuclear program on Wednesday, hours after the Islamic Republic said it had disconnected some of its International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) cameras monitoring its facilities. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi later said Iran was removing 27 surveillance cameras from the country’s nuclear facilities, increasing the risk that its inspectors could not monitor Tehran’s progress as it enriches uranium enrichment closer than ever. quality. “In three to four weeks, he will not be able to maintain a ‘knowledge base’ on Iran’s program,” the IAEA chief said on Thursday. “This would be a fatal blow” in the negotiations over Iran’s trivial nuclear deal in 2015 with world powers, Grossi said. Iran followed suit on Thursday, announcing that it had begun supplying gas to newly installed advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges. The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, who made the announcement during an interview on Iranian national television, claimed that the decision was in line with international regulations. Eslami did not specify where the centrifuges were located. But his announcement came the same day that the UN nuclear watchdog said Tehran had informed it of its plan to install two new advanced centrifugal waterfalls at the Natanz underground nuclear facility that would allow it to rapidly enrich more uranium. The IAEA move comes as the Vienna-based IAEA Board raises concerns about traces of enriched uranium previously found at three sites Tehran has not said were hosting nuclear activities. Iran reached a deal in 2015 to curb its nuclear program in exchange for easing sanctions – but the deal has been life support since then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from it in 2018. Tehran, which denies seeking to build a nuclear bomb, has backed down from some of its own commitments since 2019. European capitals have expressed growing concern about how far Iran has come in resuming nuclear activities since the United States began re-imposing sanctions in 2018. A security guard at a uranium conversion plant just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, on March 30, 2005. (AP Photo / Vahid Salemi, Archive) Iran has created large reserves of enriched uranium, some of which are enriched to levels much higher than those needed to produce nuclear energy. Talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal began in April 2021 with the goal of reinstating the United States, lifting sanctions and getting Iran back to the limits it agreed on in its nuclear activities. However, negotiations have stalled in recent months, with top European Union diplomat Josep Borrell warning last weekend that the possibility of a return to the deal was “diminishing”. It is not (only) for you. Times of Israel support is not a transaction for an online service such as subscribing to Netflix. 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