Iran President Hassan Rouhani calls 60% enrichment an answer to 'evilness'

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called the country's decision to increase its uranium enrichment after saboteurs attacked a nuclear site "an answer to your evilness".

Iran's president on Wednesday called his country's decision to dramatically increase its uranium enrichment after saboteurs attacked a nuclear site "an answer to your evilness," saying Israel hoped to derail ongoing talks aimed at reviving Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers. This weekend's sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility appears to be part of an escalating shadow war between the two countries. Israeli authorities have not commented on the attack, but are widely suspected of having carried it out. Iran announced Tuesday it would increase uranium enrichment up to 60 per cent, its highest level ever, in response to the attack. That could see further retaliation as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed never to allow Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon. While Iran's move keeps enrichment below weapons-grade levels of 90%, it is a short step away.