Top official says Iran ready for higher uranium enrichment | World News, The Indian Express

Top official says Iran ready for higher uranium enrichment | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Tehran |Published: July 6, 2019 2:15:09 pm

Top official says Iran ready for higher uranium enrichment

A video message by Ali Akbar Velayati included him saying that "Americans directly and Europeans indirectly violated the deal," part of Tehran's hardening tone with Europe.

All this comes as America has rushed thousands of troops, an aircraft carrier, nuclear-capable B-52 bombers and advanced fighter jets to the Mideast. (Representational Image)

A top aide to Iran’s supreme leader says the Islamic Republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal, just ahead of a deadline it set Sunday for Europe to offer new terms to the accord.