In violation of Tehran's 2015 agreement with the major powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) informed its member States that Iran had begun enrichment of

uranium in a third series of advanced IR-2M centrifuges at its underground plant with a pound.

That step comes as Iran has recently accelerated its violations of the restrictions imposed on it by the nuclear agreement, which exempted it from financial sanctions in exchange for restricting its nuclear activities.

It appears that the acceleration of the violations is aimed at increasing the pressure on Joe Biden, Trump's predecessor. US President Joe Biden wants to revive the agreement, but Washington and Tehran are engaged in a confrontation over which one to move first.

The agreement allows Iran to enrich uranium by using first-generation centrifuges (IR-1) at a commercial-scale fuel enrichment plant in Naton. Last November, it began enrichment there with a first set of E.