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EX500rider

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7. Maybe they shouldn't have signed and still be bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ?

Reply to NNadir (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:46 PM

7 hrs ago

On May 31, 2025, IAEA reported that Iran had sharply increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity, just below weapons-grade, reaching over 408 kilograms, a nearly 50% rise since February

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Iranian foreign minister says "we have every right to enjoy a peaceful nuclear energy, including enrichment" [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

Except they keep trying to enrich to weapons grade nt EX500rider Sunday #1

Source? RedArkGuy 6 hrs ago #11

Are any nuclear powers a theocracy? Frasier Balzov Sunday #2

Iran reserves the right to determine their own future. Aussie105 Sunday #3

This is entirely true. Iran has a huge water problem, and ultimately, as much as I hate to say it, will need to... NNadir 19 hrs ago #4

However they are enriching WAY beyond the point needed for power plants EX500rider 7 hrs ago #5

And your point is what? Does Iran have a right to demand that our 95%+ enriched uranium be monitored by them? NNadir 7 hrs ago #6

Maybe they shouldn't have signed and still be bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ? EX500rider 7 hrs ago #7

Maybe the United States should have disassembled its vast nuclear arsenal before it fell into the hands of a... NNadir 7 hrs ago #8

The US & Iran are 2 separate issues IMO, YMMV EX500rider 7 hrs ago #9

Really? Christian Nationalists who put the pedophile in power again are not hardline fundamentalists? NNadir 6 hrs ago #12

Your using the "look over there" logical fallacy. Mosby 6 hrs ago #10

I disagree entirely. You are free to have your opinion. Which country has killed more people in the last century? NNadir 6 hrs ago #13