Iran Vows To Ramp Up Uranium Enrichment After Nuclear Site Incident

Tehran has written to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency to announce "that Iran will start 60 percent enrichment," the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran warned Tuesday it will start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, two days after an explosion it blamed on arch-enemy Israel hit its key nuclear facility in Natanz. The announcement cast a shadow over ongoing talks in Vienna aimed at salvaging the tattered 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that former US president Donald Trump abandoned three years ago. Tehran has written to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency to announce "that Iran will start 60 percent enrichment," the official IRNA news agency reported. The move will bring Iran closer to the 90 percent purity threshold for military use and shorten its potential "breakout time" to build an atomic bomb, a goal it denies.