Iran Hopes to Get 60% Uranium Next Week, Envoy in Vienna Says

Earlier, reports surfaced that Iran would being raising its uranium enrichment levels to 60% as the Middle Eastern nation was moving toward introducing 1,000 more centrifuges to its Natanz nuclear site.

Iran is reportedly expecting to reach 60% enrichment of its uranium supplies by “next week,” Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, revealed Tuesday.

“This will improve significantly both the quality and quantity of radiopharmaceutical products,” Gharibabadi noted.

Gharibabadi’s remarks came hours after Chief Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Abbas Araghchi announced that Iran would be upping its enrichment process after the Natanz facility underwent electrical setbacks over the weekend.

A handout picture released by Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization on November 4, 2019, shows the atomic enrichment facilities Natanz nuclear research center, some 300 kilometres south of capital Tehran.

Earlier, Ali Akbar Salehi, the chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, revealed that the Natanz facility had come under a “nuclear terrorism” attack that was later alleged to have been executed by Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service.

Longtime foes, tensions between Iran and Israel reached a new boiling point after the cyberattack, with Tehran vowing to take revenge for the incident. 

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki recently stated that Iran’s 60% target was “provocative,” and that the development raised question over Tehran’s seriousness on nuclear talks.

Sourse: sputniknews.com