Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 19:45 IST
The attack, which Tehran has branded an act of nuclear terrorism and blamed on Israel, comes at a time when Iran and the Biden-led US administration are undertaking talks to resume the 2015 nuclear deal. Representational image. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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An IAEA report had previously noted that, since 2019, Iran had systematically ramped up its enrichment with the use of advanced centrifuges at an above-ground pilot plant at Natanz
In early January this year, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced that the country s nuclear scientists had enriched uranium up to 20 per cent – effectively one stage below that required to produce weapons-grade uranium