Iran Hikes Nuclear Enrichment, Stoking Tensions Before Talks
- Tehran to produce highly enriched uranium for the first time
- Negotiations due to resume later this week in Austrian capital
The nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran.
Photographer: Hasan Sarbakhshian/AP Photo
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Iran vowed to ramp up its uranium enrichment to close to weapons grade in retaliation for an attack on one of its leading atomic facilities, sending a jolt through big power talks on containing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work due to resume later this week.