The revival of the Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has proven more arduous than what many of its proponents expected and its opponents feared. Long-running conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme may reach a point of no return in the coming months, as Tehran’s increasing stockpiles of uranium enriched to near-weapons grade. Iran is only weeks away from enriching uranium to 90 percent and has also begun installing advanced centrifuges in a cluster at an underground enrichment plant. However, enriching uranium to 60 percent and approaching the ‘breakout’ point doesn’t ... (full story)