Iran's top diplomat says 'special measures' may be taken to defend nuclear sites from Israel

DUBAI – Iran's apical diplomat warned Thursday that his state would instrumentality “special measures successful defence of our atomic facilities” if Israel continues to endanger Tehran's atomic sites, raising the stakes further up of a caller circular of talks with the United States.

The comments by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi offered nary specifics connected what Tehran would do, but already, planetary inspectors person seen their entree constricted to Iran's program. That's adjacent arsenic Tehran enriches uranium to 60% purity, a short, method measurement distant from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

“I person called connected the planetary assemblage to instrumentality effectual preventive measures against the continuation of Israeli threats, which if unchecked, volition compel Iran to instrumentality peculiar measures successful defence of our atomic facilities and materials,” Araghchi wrote connected the societal level X aft seemingly sending letters to United Nations officials.

“The nature, content, and grade of our actions volition correspond and beryllium proportionate to preventive measures taken by these planetary bodies successful accordance with their statutory duties and obligations.”

Araghchi's remarks travel a CNN study Tuesday that described the U.S. arsenic having “new quality suggesting that Israel is making preparations to onslaught Iranian atomic facilities.” Israel has not acknowledged immoderate preparations, though officials up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu person repeatedly threatened to onslaught Iran's atomic sites to forestall it from being capable to get a atomic weapon, should it take to prosecute one.

Araghchi's informing travel arsenic the U.S. and Iran are owed to conscionable Friday successful Rome for their 5th circular of negotiations implicit a imaginable woody that would spot Tehran bounds oregon extremity its enrichment of uranium successful speech for the lifting of economical sanctions. Israel and Iran person been archrivals successful the Mideast for decades.

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Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi successful Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.

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