A Russian worker walks past the Bushehr nuclear power plant, 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran October 26, 2010. REUTERS/MEHR NEWS AGENCY/MAJID ASGARIPOUR
Iran has stopped dismantling centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants, state media reported on Tuesday, days after conservative lawmakers complained to President Hassan Rouhani that the process was too rushed.
Last week, Iran announced it had begun shutting down inactive centrifuges at the Natanz and Fordow plants under the terms of a deal struck with world powers in July that limits its nuclear program in exchange for easing sanctions.
Iran's hardliners continue to resist and undermine the nuclear deal, which was forged by moderates they oppose and which they see as a capitulation to the West.
"The (dismantling) process stopped with a warning," Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the National Security Council, was quoted as saying by the ISNA student news agency.
Only decommissioned centrifuges were being dismantled to begin with, of which there were about 10,000 at Natanz and Fordow, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran has said.
More News On Iran Stopping The Dismantling Of Its Nuclear Centrifuges
Iran Stops Dismantling Centrifuges After Hard-Line Criticism -- RFE
Iran Stops Dismantling Centrifuges in Defiance of Nuclear Commitments -- The Tower
'Iran stops dismantling nuclear centrifuges under pressure from hardliners' -- Jerusalem Post
Iran halts its dismantling of centrifuges -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
Did Iran just renege on Obama’s nuclear deal? -- Washington Times
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