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Quds Force

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CommanderEsmail Ghaani
Coordinator Deputy CommanderAhmad Sabouri
Founded1980
Headquarters locationTehran, Iran
Branch Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Engagements Iran–Iraq War
Syrian civil war
1982 Lebanon War
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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The Quds Force is a unit in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations.

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... " The head of Iran s elite Quds Force - the Revolutionary Guards overseas operations arm - Gen Esmail Qaani, declared that Iran will continue to back any anti-US or anti-Israel movement anywhere after the US, to the shock of much of the world, killed his predecessor Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in January 2020...

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Iran roll back nuclear deal commitments

Feb 16,2020 9:56 am

The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) had threatened to restart enrichment if the sanctions continue

Iran has declared that it is not more of the restrictions by the 2015 nuclear Deal .

In a statement, he said it would not observe the limitations on its ability for the enrichment, the degree of enrichment, the storage of enriched material or research and development.

The Announcement followed a meeting of the Iranian Cabinet in Tehran.

tensions were high over The Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani , the of the United States in Baghdad.

reports from Baghdad say the U.S. Embassy, and the evening targeted in an attack on Sunday . A source told the BBC that the four rounds of "indirect Fire " was introduced in the direction of the message. There were no reports of casualties.

What happened on Sunday ?

before his funeral on Tuesday.

Earlier, after The Killing in a drone strike in the airport of Baghdad on Friday.

Around 5,000 US soldiers in Iraq as part of The International coalition against the Islamic state (IS) group. The Coalition stopped operations against the IS in Iraq, shortly before the Sunday vote.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to return the United States to Iran, in the case of the retaliation for Soleimani death, and said it could "maybe in a disproportionate way".

for The year 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, on the life, because of the trump administration abandoned it in may 2018, may fight now in his final death.

Donald Trump , during his election campaign And Then as President, has never failed to rail against what he calls with his predecessors, President Barack Obama 's "bad Deal ". But also all other countries - signed the UK, France, Russia , China, Germany and the EU are of the opinion that there is still merit in that.

The agreement, known as the JCPOA, limited the Iranian nuclear program for a certain period of time in a largely measurable way. But its greatest importance is all the more so in view of the current Crisis -to prevent that it helped, that an imminent war. Before it was signed, there was growing concern about Tehran's nuclear activities, and any chance that Israel (or Israel and the US attack Iran's nuclear facilities could in tandem).

Since the withdrawal of the United States, Iran, consecutive, has violated key constraints of the JCPOA. Now it seems that these restrictions are ignored. What is important to do exactly what he decides. It is The Level of uranium enrichment is, for example, to 20%? To reduce this would significantly the amount of time it would take Tehran, you can get suitable material for a bomb. It measures for a better international control?

We are now at the end of the trump administration clearly hoped for in may 2018. But the great powers, while they are deeply unhappy about the Iranian violations of The Deal , are also shocked by the controversial decision by Mr. Trump to kill The Head of Iran's Quds Force , a decision which, once again, the United States and Iran to The Brink of war.

What is The Deal Iran's new stance towards nuclear energy? to limit the

in the context of the 2015 agreement, Iran agreed to proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors In Return for lifting the crippling economic sanctions.

U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned it in the year 2018, he said, to negotiate force wanted with Iran, a "New Deal " would be, for an indefinite period of time curbs going to stop on its nuclear program and its development of ballistic missiles.

Iran refused, and had, as its obligations under the agreement have been taken back. It had been expected to announce its current stance on the agreement this weekend, before the news of Soleimani death.

Iranian state media announced on Sunday that the country is in terms of The Deal , the limit values in 2015.

"Iran will continue its nuclear enrichment without any restrictions and based on the technical requirements," a statement said.

However, The Statement does not say that Iran has to withdraw, in fact, from the contract, and he added that the country would continue cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.

in Iran, it said, was now ready for return, to your commitments, if you have once enjoyed the benefits of the agreement Correspondents say this is a reference to his inability to sell the oil and have access to their income under US sanctions.

How quickly Iran could develop a nuclear bomb?

The country has repeatedly stressed that its nuclear program is entirely Peaceful , But the suspicion that it was used to be a bomb, asked secretly, the UN security Council, US and EU impose crippling sanctions in the year 2010.

The 2015 agreement was designed to prevent the program in a verifiable manner In Return for sanctions relief.

limited to, the Iran enrichment of uranium used in nuclear fuel, But also nuclear weapons, to 3. 67%. Iran was also required to redesign built a heavy-water reactor whose fuel elements contain plutonium suitable for a bomb, and international inspections allow.

Prior to July 2015, had, Iran has a large stockpile of enriched uranium, and nearly 20,000 centrifuges, enough to make eight to 10 bombs, according to the White house at the time.

U.S. expert estimates, to rush, that if Iran had decided to make a bomb, it would Take Two to three months to build until they had enough 90%-enriched uranium, a nuclear bomb is to build the so - called "breakout time".

Iran's current "breakout time", it should try to make a nuclear bomb to build, is estimated at around a year, But this could be reduced to half a year or even after a few months, when the enrichment levels are increased to 20%, for example.

what is the reaction of The International community?

The Other parties for the year is to try in 2015 Deal - the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia , to keep this agreement alive, after the United States moved in the year 2018.

Late on Sunday , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , French President Emmanuel Macron , and the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson , to delete a joint Declaration by Iran, urging action is released, the against The Deal .

"We are ready to continue talks with all parties to a contribution to de-escalation of tensions and the restoration of stability in the region," they said.

Earlier on Sunday , describing him as "a threat to all our interests".

the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell , Iran's Foreign Minister , Mohammad Javad Zarif has been invited in Brussels to discuss both the nuclear energy Deal and How To defuse The Crisis over the Soleimani murder.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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