A cewar gidan talabijin na Iran News Television, Mataimakin Ministan Harkokin Wajen Iran Araghi ya ce a ranar 13 ga wata cewa Iran ta sanar da Hukumar Makamashin Nukiliya ta Duniya cewa tana shirin fara samar da sinadarin uranium mai inganci da kashi 60% daga ranar 14 ga wata.
Araghi ya kuma ce ga cibiyar nukiliya ta Natanz inda tsarin wutar lantarki ya gaza a ranar 11 ga wata, Iran za ta maye gurbin centrifuges da suka lalace da wuri-wuri, sannan ta ƙara centrifuges 1,000 tare da ƙaruwar yawansu da kashi 50%.
A wannan rana, Ministan Harkokin Wajen Iran Zarif ya kuma bayyana a yayin wani taron manema labarai na hadin gwiwa da Ministan Harkokin Wajen Rasha Lavrov wanda ke ziyara cewa Iran za ta yi amfani da na'urar centrifuge mai ci gaba a cibiyar nukiliya ta Natanz don ayyukan inganta uranium.
A farkon watan Janairun wannan shekarar, Iran ta sanar da cewa ta fara aiwatar da matakan da za su kara yawan sinadarin uranium da aka tace zuwa kashi 20% a cibiyar nukiliya ta Fordo.
A watan Yulin 2015, Iran ta cimma yarjejeniyar nukiliya ta Iran da Amurka, Birtaniya, Faransa, Rasha, China da Jamus. A cewar yarjejeniyar, Iran ta yi alkawarin takaita shirinta na nukiliya kuma yawan sinadarin uranium da aka wadata ba zai wuce kashi 3.67% ba, a madadin dage takunkumin da kasashen duniya suka kakaba wa Iran.
A watan Mayun 2018, gwamnatin Amurka ta janye kanta daga yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran, daga baya kuma ta sake farawa ta kuma ƙara wasu takunkumi a kan Iran. Tun daga watan Mayun 2019, Iran ta dakatar da aiwatar da wasu tanade-tanaden yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran a hankali, amma ta yi alƙawarin cewa matakan da aka ɗauka "za a iya jurewa."