► the IAEA confirms Tehran’s plan to install new centrifuges
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), responsible for monitoring Iran’s nuclear program, has confirmed Tehran’s plan to install some 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium at low levels, according to a confidential report unveiled Friday November 29.
“Iran informed the agency” of its intention to put these machines into service on the Fordo and Natanz sites for an enrichment rate of up to 5%, or slightly above the 3.67% authorized by the 2015 international agreement. This measure was taken in response to the adoption on November 21 by the UN body of a critical resolution initiated by the West.
► Syria: jihadists and their allies bomb the regime-held city of Aleppo
Jihadists and their allies, who are leading a vast offensive in northwest Syria against regime forces, have bombed Aleppo, the country’s second city, an NGO said.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) “artillery shells targeted a university residence” in Aleppo, “causing panic and injuring one student”.
► Iran calls on EU to abandon “irresponsible” behavior
Iran called on the European Union to abandon behavior deemed «irresponsible» by Tehran on a series of international issues, after a meeting the day before in Geneva, where talks on nuclear power are being held on Friday.
“It was reaffirmed that the EU must abandon its self-centered and irresponsible behavior in the face of the problems and challenges of this continent, and international issues”Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi, who is part of the Iranian delegation, wrote on X.
► “Frank discussion” with Iran on nuclear power, according to a European diplomat
A European Union diplomacy official said he had a “frank discussion” with a senior Iranian diplomat over Tehran’s nuclear program, on the eve of talks between Iran and three European countries in Geneva.
Enrique Mora, number two in European diplomacy, said on “frank discussion” with Majid Takht-Ravanchi and Kazem Gharibabadi, two deputies of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, “on Iran’s support for Russia, which must end, on the nuclear issue, which must find a diplomatic solution, on regional tensions – it is important that all parties avoid escalation – and human rights”.
