Bolton also suggested Iran is still seeking a nuclear arsenal despite its adherence to the 2015 nuclear deal.
National Security Adviser John Bolton has once again gone on the offensive against Iran, even as his boss seeks to de-escalate the war of words between Tehran and Washington.
Bolton said the attacks were carried out with naval mines placed “almost certainly by Iran,” but did not provide any evidence to support the assertion. Last week, the Pentagon made a similar accusation. Director of the Joint Staff Rear Admiral Michael Gilday said the military attributed the attack to Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, declining to describe “the means of delivery” of the limpet mines.
Trump is a long-time critic of the agreement, which lifted crippling sanctions on Iran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program. The president withdrew the U.S. from the accord last year, claiming the deal was ineffective and did not go far enough. The administration wants to renegotiate the agreement to include limitations on Iran’s ballistic missile program and regional influence, though Tehran has said neither is up for negotiation.
Before the JCPOA was signed, Iran produced enriched uranium with around 20,000 centrifuges at two separate facilities sites. The deal dictated that only 5,060 of the oldest and least efficient centrifuges could be used at just one site, while the national uranium stockpile would be cut by 98 percent—to 660 pounds—for 15 years. The country's maximum level of uranium enrichment was set at 3.67 percent.
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