Rouhani: 60% Enrichment Answer to “Israel’s” Nuclear Terrorism, We’ll Cut Off Aggressors Hands 

By Staff, Agencies 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani confirmed on Wednesday that his country’s raise to its uranium enrichment levels to 60% was a response to “Israeli” entity’s "nuclear terrorism."

“The sabotage act in Natanz was a plot to weaken Iran's position in Vienna talks,” he clarified, stressing that “The US should lift all sanctions simultaneously.

During a cabinet meeting, Rouhani stated: "What you did was nuclear terrorism. What we do is legal. Enemies' crimes cannot go unanswered, and we will cut off the hands of the aggressors against Iran.”

According to the Iranian President, “There are those who tried to empty Iran's hands during the talks in Vienna in regards to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA], but the country's hands are full."

"60% enrichment is an answer to your evilness," the president added. "We cut off both of your hands, one with IR-6 centrifuges and the other one with 60%.'' 

Iran announced the day before that it was expecting to reach 60% enrichment of its uranium by "next week" in "two cascades of IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges, much faster ones that its IR-1 first-generation centrifuges.

"Modification of the process just started and we expect to accumulate the product next week," tweeted Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency.