In keeping with a timeline announced in May by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran confirmed June 17 that the country would exceed the limits on low-enriched uranium imposed by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal within 10 days, Tasnim News Agency reported. The spokesman also outlined more potential steps in the second phase of Iran’s reduction of its JCPOA commitments, saying that it could halt the redesign work on the Arak heavy water reactor and could increase the level of uranium enrichment to between 5 or 20 percent.