Iran says will begin uranium enrichment at Fordow if nuclear deal unravels
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BEIRUT - Iran will begin uranium enrichment at its Fordow plant and will install new nuclear equipment at its Natanz facility if it withdraws from a nuclear deal with major powers, said the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said in an interview published on Wednesday that new work would begin on the nuclear program on the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He did not specify what kind of new equipment might be installed at Natanz.
"Currently the Supreme Leader has ordered that the programs be carried out within the parameters of the nuclear deal," Kamalvandi told the Young Journalists' Club (YJC) in an interview.
"And when he gives the order we will announce the programs for operating outside of the nuclear deal for reviving Fordow," he added.
