Iran for a very long time has been running a nuclear program but many countries suspected that its efforts have been going into creating nuclear weapons rather than making clean energy. Back in 1992 the CIA had been warned that Iran would be using its Nuclear sites in order to produce testing samples that could be used to create weapons of mass destruction. Considering the governments ties with terrorists groups, it was hard to overlook but the US insisted that they were purely using it for energy. It was later revealed that China had been secretly supplying Iran with uranium causing suspicion and by 2003 the CIA really began questioning their activity. Also in 2002, it was revealed that they had 2 secret plans those of which had the capability of enriching uranium and of producing weapons. The United Nations since then has created an agreement with Iran to limit its enrichment of Uranium to 5% as 20% is the kind that has dangerous potential and handover their stockpiles that could be used to make weapons. Over the years the International Atomic Energy Agency has been keeping a close eye on Iran to make sure it would follow through with the agreements produced with the UN.
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