Iran’s Nuclear facilities

IN NEWS:

• A fire has reportedly damaged a building at Natanz nuclear facility in Iran.

MAJOR IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES:

• Bushehr - Nuclear power station
• Isfahan - Uranium conversion plant
• Natanz - Uranium enrichment plant
• Qom - Uranium enrichment plant
• Arak: Heavy water nuclear Plant

JCPOA:

• Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA or Iran Nuclear deal is an agreement of China, France, Russia, the UK, the US, Germany (P5+1) and the European Union (EU) with Iran signed in 2015.
• As per the agreement, Iran agreed to make certain changes to its nuclear programme to ensure it does not threaten the regional stability.
• In return for the UN, the EU and the US agreed for diluting their sanctions against Iran. Nuclear related sanctions on Iran were lifted by the US effective January 1, 2016.
• US has since withdrawn from the JCPOA and that US sanctions were re-imposed on Iran.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. ‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’ is a term associated in international relations with the country of:

1. Iraq
2. Iran
3. North Korea
4. Libya

Answer to Prelims question