UN Nuclear Watchdog , Clashes With Iran for Failing , to Cooperate With Inspectors.<br />'The Guardian' reports that the West may be teetering on the edge of a renewed confrontation with Tehran over Iran's nuclear program.<br />The news comes after the United Nations' nuclear watchdog voted to censure Iran for repeatedly failing to cooperate with U.N. inspectors. .<br />The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) <br />vote came after the United States dropped its <br />objection to the censure, joining European nations.<br />EU nations had urged the Biden administration to alter <br />its stance on the matter, claiming that the integrity <br />of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty was in jeopardy. .<br />The U.S. has since called for a long-term strategy to be <br />developed to deal with Iran's nuclear program, stressing <br />that the terms of the original 2015 deal expire next year.<br />The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action <br />(JCPoA) originally saw Western economic <br />sanctions lifted in exchange for strong <br />controls over Iran's nuclear program.<br />However, 'The Guardian' reports that Tehran has <br />since gradually restricted access for U.N. inspectors, <br />while also vastly boosting its stock of enriched uranium. .<br />However, 'The Guardian' reports that Tehran has <br />since gradually restricted access for U.N. inspectors, <br />while also vastly boosting its stock of enriched uranium. .<br />Iran now possesses 30 times the <br />JCPoA limit of enriched uranium <br />and its stockpile of high enriched <br />uranium up to 60% has continued <br />to grow significantly, U.K., France and Germany joint statement <br />to the IAEA, via 'The Guardian'.<br />Iran now has the approximate <br />amount of nuclear material <br />from which the possibility of <br />manufacturing a nuclear explosive <br />device cannot be excluded, U.K., France and Germany joint statement <br />to the IAEA, via 'The Guardian'
