Iran Nuclear Capacity

Iran has the technical capacity to build a nuclear weapon but has not taken a decision to do so, an official told the Al Jazeera broadcaster on Sunday.

Iran began enriching uranium to 60% purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the United States lifts sanctions, the Iranian government said on Tuesday.

Iran said Wednesday it was in "preparatory works" to restart nuclear activities in the event of the failure of the 2015 accord between Iran and world powers. The preparatory works refer to steps to boost uranium enrichment capacity by producing new centrifuges.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was not surprised by Iran's declared intention to increase uranium enrichment capacity and reaffirmed a vow to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his offensive against the framework nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday, saying it fails to address Tehran's long-range missile arsenal.

France's foreign minister said today talks between Iran and the major powers over its nuclear programme had been "pretty positive" and there was progress on key issues including Iran's capacity to enrich uranium.

Israel's leader suggested in an interview on Thursday that he'll keep publicly pressing the United States to get tougher on Iran, despite the strains his remarks have caused with the Barack Obama administration.

Iran has doubled the number of uranium enrichment machines it has in an underground bunker, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday, showing Tehran's defiance towards Western pressure to stop its atomic work and the threat of Israeli attack.

"We stress that the ongoing effort to increase the lending capacity of the IMF will only be successful if there is confidence that the entire membership of the institution is truly committed to implement the 2010 Reform faithfully,"Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said in a joint declaration after their one-day summit in New Delhi.

Iran has the technical capacity to build a nuclear weapon but has not taken a decision to do so, an official told the Al Jazeera broadcaster on Sunday.

Iran began enriching uranium to 60% purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the United States lifts sanctions, the Iranian government said on Tuesday.

Iran said Wednesday it was in "preparatory works" to restart nuclear activities in the event of the failure of the 2015 accord between Iran and world powers. The preparatory works refer to steps to boost uranium enrichment capacity by producing new centrifuges.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was not surprised by Iran's declared intention to increase uranium enrichment capacity and reaffirmed a vow to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his offensive against the framework nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday, saying it fails to address Tehran's long-range missile arsenal.

France's foreign minister said today talks between Iran and the major powers over its nuclear programme had been "pretty positive" and there was progress on key issues including Iran's capacity to enrich uranium.

Israel's leader suggested in an interview on Thursday that he'll keep publicly pressing the United States to get tougher on Iran, despite the strains his remarks have caused with the Barack Obama administration.

Iran has doubled the number of uranium enrichment machines it has in an underground bunker, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday, showing Tehran's defiance towards Western pressure to stop its atomic work and the threat of Israeli attack.

"We stress that the ongoing effort to increase the lending capacity of the IMF will only be successful if there is confidence that the entire membership of the institution is truly committed to implement the 2010 Reform faithfully,"Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said in a joint declaration after their one-day summit in New Delhi.