Iran has announced it will soon produce uranium metal enriched to 20 percent purity.

Iran's nuclear chief says the country continues to enrich uranium to 60 percent purity amid the continuation of the Vienna talks on the JCPOA revival.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Iran’s recent decision to start enriching uranium to 60 percent purity was a “decisive response” to a plot to undermine Tehran’s position in Vienna talks.

The International Atomic Energy Agency verifies that Iran has started enriching uranium up to 60-percent purity level.

On April 11, Iran reported an act of sabotage that led to a power failure at the Natanz uranium enrichment site.

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Iran’s scientists have managed to produce the country’s first batch of 60-percent enriched uranium, top officials say. 

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s decision to start enriching uranium to 60 percent purity was a response to the “malicious acts” perpetrated by the enemies of the Islamic Republic.

Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement has strongly condemned the recent reckless act of sabotage against the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.

Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency of its decision to start 60-percent enrichment as of Wednesday.