(MENAFN) On Tuesday, an Iranian official said that his country had made all necessary preparations to continue production of highly-enriched uranium, according to local media reports.
The semi-official Mehr News Agency quoted Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, as saying that Iran was ready to return to the "pre-nuclear deal era".
"We are ready to return to the pre-nuclear deal era and produce highly-enriched uranium if necessary," he said.
He added: "But I hope we never need it."
On the same day, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a lengthy list of demands that the US wants to include in a new nuclear deal with Iran.
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