The one question on Iran no leftist can answer. Why 60%

[T. A. Gardner]

Frantically Googling for three minutes does not make you an expert on medical isotope production.

More importantly, you are continually backtracking and failing to provide proof of why Iran was an imminent threat to the United States. You already tried this bullshit 22 years ago concerning Iraq.

You keep making this same vapid argument. First, Iran has an embargo on trade. That means even if they were making it for medical purposes, they have little to no use for it internally and no means to trade it legally externally. So, the whole "medical isotope" line of argument is simply a smoke screen, a lie, to legitimize otherwise illegal uranium enrichment for weapons manufacture.

As for Iran being an "imminent threat to the United States," it isn't. But it is an imminent threat to allies of the United States and global economics and trade. Therefore, much like the Barbary pirates were over 200 years ago, they are an adversary of the US to be dealt with for the good of the nation and international relations.

 

[FastLane]

They don't possess the necessary equipment to need Mo 99 or Tc 99. Therefore, that isn't a valid reason to be highly enriching uranium for them. Further, they aren't selling that highly enriched uranium on the world market to anyone else that might actually need Mo 99 / Tc 99


Your claim is poorly worded and incorrect. The claim is that 60% enriched uranium has no civilian use in Iran. Further, 60% enriched uranium can easily be further enriched into highly weaponizable uranium. Therefore, the argument is that Iran is enriching uranium for use in nuclear weapons since they internally as a nation have no other use for it.


Therefore, you might want to more closely examine the argument being made and apply reason to it rather than subtly changing that argument to fit a preconceived set of outcomes you favor.


No, it is your burden of proof that must be higher. Explain by showing that Iran is using, currently, highly enriched uranium for some non-weapon purpose. That is, demonstrate they have a use for it and are actually using it for that purpose. That means saying that there is a medical application for it without showing that they have the necessary medical devices and trained personnel IN USE you have no argument in that particular application.

I already showed, including a world map, that Iran does not posses any SPECT scanners, the most common use in medicine for Mo 99 / Tc 99.

They don't need 60% U 235 to make Mo 99 they can make it with 20% U 235.

 

[FastLane]

Frantically Googling for three minutes does not make you an expert on medical isotope production.

More importantly, you are continually backtracking and failing to provide proof of why Iran was an imminent threat to the United States. You already tried this bullshit 22 years ago concerning Iraq.

My Googling habits do not change the fact that industry is shifting to the use of 20% U 235 to make Mo 99. Your clinging to "Iran needs over 400KG of 60% because of a huge medical need" is laughably absurd.

Iran is responsible for killing over 600 of our service men or women. But that makes no difference for a closet Islamic like you.

 

[Cypress]

My Googling habits do not change the fact that industry is shifting to the use of 20% U 235 to make Mo 99. Your clinging to "Iran needs over 400KG of 60% because of a huge medical need" is laughably absurd.

Iran is responsible for killing over 600 of our service men or women. But that makes no difference for a closet Islamic like you.

You lied to people like me about Iraq, there's no reason to trust you now.

 

[Cypress]

Not one leftist on this board can answer one simple question. Why was Iran enriching uranium to 60%?

Because Trump tore up the 2015 nuclear agreement, and released Iran from it's treaty obligations.

Iran only enriched uranium to 60% after Trump said the 2015 agreement was null and void.

When the 2015 agreement was in effect, Iran never enriched uranium beyond what is needed for civilian medical and energy needs.

My guess is that when Trump tore up the 2015 agreement and released Iran from their treaty obligations, they decided to enriched a small amount of uranium to near-weapons grade for the deterrent effect.

 

[Nordberg]

They only need 20% u235 in the production of technetium

Concerns regarding nuclear proliferation have led to a shift towards low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets, with less than 20% U-235 content.

Iran said long ago that they had no interest in nuclear bombs due to their religion. They have been spinniong for decades and have not gone bomb level. It seems thay are telling the truth, not Trump and the right. The leaders who proclaimed a Fatwa on nuclear bombs were killed by Trump gleefully. Hopefully the new leadership has the same beliefs.

 

[serendipity]

They are trying to make nuclear weapons.

Holy shit, Jarhead spoke the truth for once.

 

[Jarod]

Holy shit, Jarhead spoke the truth for once.

Sure they are, now that the inactive not to is gone. What are we going to do, bomb them?

 

[Hawkeye10]

Because they wanted their abusers know they can go nuclear any time they want, they choose no, because they are the better people.




Next Dumb Question.



I am here to help.

 

[serendipity]

Because they wanted their abusers know they can go nuclear any time they want, they choose no, because they are the better people.




Next Dumb Question.



I am here to help.

Better people, are you actually fucking serious? Any fuckers that could eliminate 50,000 people over two nights need to be tracked down and eliminated.

 

[serendipity]

Sure they are, now that the inactive not to is gone. What are we going to do, bomb them?

Fucking word salad!!

 

[Jarod]

Fucking word salad!!

Oops…. Sure they are, now that the reason not to develop nukes is gone.

 

[Cypress]

Not one leftist on this board can answer one simple question. Why was Iran enriching uranium to 60%?

Because Trump tore up the 2015 agreement that limited Iran to enrichment only suitable for civilian medical and energy needs, less than 4%. Trump released Iran from it's treaty obligations by tearing up the agreement. Iran didn't enrich to 60% until Trump declared the 2015 agreement null and void.

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Thread 'Maybe we should have kept the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran, and worked to improve it if neccessary.'

Aug 15, 2026

Iran's Uranium Enrichment Timeline - Iran Started Enriching Uranium Above 2015 JCPOA Compliance Levels After Trump Tore Up the Agreement and Released Iran from it's Compliance Commitments​

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2015 JCPOA Agreement Limits Iran's Uranium Enrichment to 3.67%​

July 2015: Iran and the P5+1 sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).January 2016: Implementation Day arrives; Iran ships out or dilutes 98% of its enriched uranium stockpile, caps its enrichment level at 3.67%, and stores thousands of centrifuges under IAEA supervision.

Trump Withdraws from...​

• Cypress

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[Crepitus]

Why was Iran enriching uranium to 60%? They squawk and squawk that they weren't at the magical 90% enrichment phase, but they can not or will not explain why they were even at 60%

Because tRump said they could.

DERP

 

[QP!]

Yup, Trump tearing up the JCPOA meant Iran was free to use their discretion to do whatever they wanted. Trump gave Iran back their free choice.

And since the world had seen N.Korea get out from under US rhetoric that they were a constant threat to the entire world and all the drum beat war talk directed at them as the US pushed they must never be allowed to get nukes... and yet as soon as they got nukes that all went away INSTANTLY and N.Korea has not only been mostly left alone now by the rest of the world but Trump, especially, treats them like a model nation citizen, it is became clear to every 'labeled rogue' nation that their path to peace was to have a nuke and without it you were forever at threat of attack or invasion. As Ukraine also learned.

 

[Lionfish]

 

[Matt Dillon]

Sure they are. What would stop them?

America bombing the crap out of all their nuclear things and scientists.
No stockpiles, no centerfuges, nobody that knows how to to do it around.

 

[Matt Dillon]

You lied to people like me about Iraq, there's no reason to trust you now.

Spin, ballerina, spin!

Because Trump tore up the 2015 agreement that limited Iran to enrichment only suitable for civilian medical and energy needs, less than 4%. Trump released Iran from it's treaty obligations by tearing up the agreement. Iran didn't enrich to 60% until Trump declared the 2015 agreement null and void.

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Thread 'Maybe we should have kept the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran, and worked to improve it if neccessary.'

Aug 15, 2026

Iran's Uranium Enrichment Timeline - Iran Started Enriching Uranium Above 2015 JCPOA Compliance Levels After Trump Tore Up the Agreement and Released Iran from it's Compliance Commitments​

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2015 JCPOA Agreement Limits Iran's Uranium Enrichment to 3.67%​

July 2015: Iran and the P5+1 sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).January 2016: Implementation Day arrives; Iran ships out or dilutes 98% of its enriched uranium stockpile, caps its enrichment level at 3.67%, and stores thousands of centrifuges under IAEA supervision.

Trump Withdraws from...​

• Cypress

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Iran never followed ary a thing in the"JCPOA", you fuckin' retard.
That's why they had so much built when Trump had to bomb it.
Go ahead and post when they let inspectors on per "the agreement", fuckface.
Iran never eever did. Sit the fuck down and STFU.

 

[Cypress]

Iran never followed ary a thing in the"JCPOA", you fuckin' retard!

AI Overview​

"Yes, Iran initially complied with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) repeatedly verified that Tehran abided by the core nuclear restrictions until the United States withdrew from the accord in 2018 and reimposed economic sanctions."

• Stockpile reduction: Iran shipped out 98% of its low-enriched uranium stockpile.
• Centrifuge limits: Tehran cut its operational centrifuges down to 5,060 and placed thousands of others into monitored storage.
• Enrichment caps: Uranium enrichment was kept at 3.67%, well below the threshold for weapons-grade material.
• IAEA verification: Regular quarterly reports from the IAEA confirmed Iran met its transparency and inspection commitments.

 

[QP!]

America bombing the crap out of all their nuclear things and scientists.
No stockpiles, no centerfuges, nobody that knows how to to do it around.

That is irrelevant as Trump himself has stated.

This is still on the White House Website...

Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News​

“The devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. We assess that the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other elements of Iran’s military nuclear program, has set back Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years. ..

and yet only a few months later Trump admitted...

President Donald Trump and his administration officials have claimed that Iran was just "a week away" or "two weeks away" from acquiring bomb-making material or a nuclear weapon, but they have not claimed Iran was close to nuking the United States. Trump's assertions have focused on Iran obtaining fissile material or a functional weapon to threaten the Middle East and U.S. allies, which independent nuclear experts and intelligence assessments have widely disputed as an exaggeration. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Which shows the US is impotent when it comes to preventing Iran from getting one, if they really want it.

If Trump and his Admin can be so gullible that they proclaim Iran is years away and that turns into weeks a short time after, nothing they say is relevant or to be believed.