Iran's president has called the 60 percent increase an "evil" response

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's president called Wednesday's decision to enrich uranium to 60 percent after Tehran's nuclear attack a "response to your mischief," and called the incident in Vienna. I linked it to the ongoing nuclear deal. With the world powers

Israel, which has not commented on the attack, suspects that the Natanz nuclear facility was attacked this weekend as part of a growing shadow war between the two countries.

Further retaliation could be seen in the increase in enrichment, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed never to allow Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons. His country has twice prematurely bombed moderate countries to curb their nuclear programs.

Speaking to his cabinet, one affected president, Hassan Rouhani, said the first-generation IR-1 centrifuges destroyed in Natanz would be replaced by modern IR-6 centrifuges that would enrich uranium much faster.

"You wanted to empty our hands during the conversation but our hands are full," Rouhani said.

He added: "60% enrichment is the answer to your mischief. ... We cut off both your hands, one with an IR-6 centrifuge and the other with 60%.

Iran announced on Tuesday that it would enrich uranium to its highest level ever in response to a weekend attack on Natanz. That includes adding another "more modern" centrifuge there.

Officials initially said the enrichment would begin on Wednesday. However, a tweet from Kazim Gharibabadi, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Wednesday morning suggested it could come later. He wrote that the enrichment would handle the IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges only in Natanz. Cascade is a group of centrifuges working together for rapid uranium enrichment.

"The process has just begun and we expect to collect the product next week," Gharibabadi wrote.

Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful, although the West and the IAEA say Tehran had a well-organized nuclear program by the end of 2003. However, the nuclear deal prevented it from stockpiling uranium so that it could pursue nuclear pursuits. Weapons

The US annual review report released on Tuesday upheld the US assessment that "Iran is not currently carrying out key activities to develop nuclear weapons, which we decide is necessary to develop a nuclear device." Will be."

The Vienna talks are aimed at restoring the role of the United States in the agreement, which was abandoned by former President Donald Trump, and lifting sanctions. In his remarks on Wednesday, Rouhani insisted that Iran still wants a negotiated solution to its program in Vienna.

"When we sign the nuclear deal, the Americans should return to the same terms of 2015," Rouhani said.

Iran has previously said it could use up to 60 percent enriched uranium for nuclear-powered ships. However, the Islamic Republic currently does not have such a ship in its navy. The IAEA has confirmed that Iran has announced plans to enrich up to 60 percent of its population.

Iran is enriching up to 20 - and this was also a short technical measure to classify 90 of weapons.

The weekend attack in Netanyahu was initially described as feeding only in the workshops and underground enrichment halls in the power grid - but later Iranian officials began calling it an attack.

Alireza Zakani, the hardline head of the Iranian parliament's research center, was quoted in state TV as saying that "thousands of centrifuges have been damaged and destroyed." However, no other official has provided the figures and no subsequent picture has been released.