{"id":6701,"date":"2024-11-19T11:28:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2024-12-01T21:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:25:10","slug":"6701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/11\/19\/6701\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-iaea-grossi-enriched-uranium-weapon-0525819542521d5f89bd09008f42cb2f?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=11770602_\">\u201cIran defies international pressure, increasing its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, UN says,\u201d<\/a> AP, 11-19-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Oct. 26, Iran has 182.3 kilograms (401.9 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%, an increase of 17.6 kilograms (38.8 pounds) since the last report in August. Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. The IAEA also estimated in its quarterly report that as of Oct. 26, Iran\u2019s overall stockpile of enriched uranium stands at 6,604.4 kilograms (14,560 pounds), an increase of 852.6 kilograms (1,879.6 pounds) since August. Under the IAEA\u2019s definition, around 42 kilograms (92.5 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60% purity is the amount at which creating one atomic weapon is theoretically possible \u2014 if the material is enriched further, to 90%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cwy42vxd99po\">\u201cIran says woman detained after undressing released without charge,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 11-19-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longwarjournal.org\/archives\/2024\/11\/generation-jihad-ep-233-irans-expansionism-and-alliances-in-the-region-part-xii.php\">\u201cGeneration Jihad Ep. 233 \u2014 Iran\u2019s Expansionism and Alliances in the Region, Part XII,\u201d<\/a> Long War Journal, 11-19-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/iran-increases-its-near-weapons-grade-uranium-\/7870147.html\">\u201cIran increases its near weapons-grade uranium,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 11-19-24.<\/p>\n<p>It is only surprising there aren\u2019t more.\u00a0 But there are.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/19\/world\/middleeast\/iran-kianoosh-sanjari-suicide.html\">\u201cA Dissident\u2019s Final Act of Protest Stuns Iran,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 11-19-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIran defies international pressure, increasing its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, UN says,\u201d AP, 11-19-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/11\/19\/6701\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6701"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6796,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701\/revisions\/6796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}