Iran has launched a new generation of advanced centrifuges for uranium enrichment on the 40th anniversary of the US embassy siege.
The announcement of the new centrifuges for uranium enrichment was made by Iran on the 40th anniversary of the US embassy siege, when Iranian students attacked the US embassy in Tehran and took 90 people hostage, including 66 Americans.
Breaching the nuclear agreement
The launch of the new centrifuges adds to Iran's numerous breaches of the nuclear agreement, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed by the country and other world powers in 2015 that lifted economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for strict limits on the country's nuclear program.
Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi of the Atomic Energy Organization, said: "Today we are launching the 30-series chain of IR6 centrifuge machines. The number of centrifuges we have installed during these two months is about 15 new generation centrifuges, which is a huge achievement."
The advanced centrifuges enable Iran to accelerate its process of enriching uranium but under the JCPOA nuclear agreement, the country is prohibited from using IR-6 centrifuges, among other models, to produce enriched uranium for at least ten years.
Iran is only allowed to use its first-generation IR-1 centrifuge machines to enrich uranium while it can only use advance centrifuges for research purposes.
US withdrawal and return of economic sanctions
The decision to go back from its commitments in the nuclear agreement was made by Iran after  US President Donald Trump withdrew from the pact in 2018 and reinstated economic sanctions on Iran.
This move by the US has resulted in the economic deterioration of Iran, pushing the country's currency downward and prices upward, resulting in food and medical shortages across the nation.
In July, the Iranian government announced that it has exceeded the 300-kilogram limit on enriched low-grade uranium stockpiles and in September, President Hassan Rouhani confirmed that they were using advanced models of centrifuges to enrich uranium.
