VIENNA — Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press ...

Iran’s 60% level enriched uranium had increased to 275 kilograms, an increase of approximately one full nuclear weapon’s worth per month since December.

Iran has maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but the IAEA chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, has previously warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if it chose to ...

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar warned that time was running out to prevent Tehran from accessing nuclear weapons, and the Islamic regime was already capable of producing a “couple of bombs.”

Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched just below the level needed for nuclear weapons surged more than 50% in the last three months, defying mounting pressure on the Islamic Republic to curb its atomic activities.

Baghaei dismissed the IAEA’s latest report, which indicated that Iran had significantly increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity since December. The report suggested that, if further refined,

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state to enrich uranium to 60%, which is higher than what's necessary to produce nuclear power.