Iran has threatened to increase uranium enrichment in response to possible US attacks

Iran may step up uranium enrichment in the event of a resumption of hostilities by the United States. This was announced on May 12 by the representative of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy of the Iranian Parliament, Ebrahim Rezaei.

"One of Iran's options in the event of a repeat attack could be to enrich uranium to 90%. We will discuss this in parliament," he wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Enriching uranium to 90% means reaching weapons-grade levels. purity, which is necessary to create a nuclear warhead. While a concentration of 3-5% of the U-235 isotope is sufficient for civilian nuclear power, a threshold of 90% allows for an instantaneous self-sustaining chain reaction in a small volume.

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What is still keeping the warring parties from continuing the war

Earlier in the day, the Axios portal reported that US President Donald Trump may resume military action against Iran after negotiations again reached an impasse. According to sources, in the last round of drafting the peace agreement, Iran again excluded the provision of enriched uranium to the United States. In response, the White House may use renewed military pressure to "spur" the Iranian negotiators to reconsider their position.

On May 10, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Mike Waltz, conveyed that the American leader was ready to resume diplomacy with Iran, despite the fact that the parties continue to exchange blows. Waltz also conveyed that it is Trump who determines when to switch to diplomacy, rather than returning to hostilities.