; Whereas Iran’s lead nuclear scientist and head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi who was involved in the JCPOA negotiations, stated after conclusion of the JCPOA: According to the JCPOA, we have kept our nuclear program in accordance with our needs and requirements for research and development. ; Whereas discussing the JCPOA, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated: Before, only IR–1 centrifuges were active, now we are operating IR–8 centrifuges, the most modern and advanced ones Iran has obtained. ; Whereas Iran continues to advance its nuclear program; Whereas in 2018, on Iran’s National Nuclear Technology Day, the Iranian Government unveiled 83 new nuclear projects, twice the number announced in 2017; Whereas in 2018, Ali Akbar Salehi stated that Iran would resume enrichment of up to 20 percent if the United States withdrew from the JCPOA; Whereas a spokesperson for the Iranian Government stated that Iran’s Fordow plant contained 1,600 operational centrifuges which contradicts the International Atomic Energy Agency’s assessment in February 2018 that no more than 1,044 centrifuges are at Fordow, a limit required by the JCPOA; Whereas in July 2018, Iran announced that it had built a new factory that can produce up to 60 centrifuges a day; Whereas Iran is on the path to possessing a nuclear weapon and the means by which to deliver a nuclear weapon; and Whereas the leadership of Iran has on numerous occasions threatened to destroy the United States and Israel: Now, therefore, be it