The United States is 'greatly concerned' by an IAEA report of Iran's increase in production of highly enriched uranium, a White House National Security Council spokesperson said on Tuesday.
"Iran’s nuclear escalation is all the more concerning at a time when Iran-backed proxies continue their dangerous and destabilizing activities in the region, including the recent deadly drone attack and other attempted attacks in Iraq and Syria and the Houthi attacks against commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea," the spokesperson said.
Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami on Wednesday said there was "nothing new" in an international nuclear watchdog report saying that Tehran had reversed a months-long slowdown in its uranium enrichment program, Iranian media reported.
"We did nothing new and are doing the same activities according to the rules," Eslami was quoted as saying.
An International Atomic Energy Agency report seen by Reuters on Tuesday said that Iran has "increased its production of highly enriched uranium, reversing a previous output reduction from mid-2023".