Iran Threatens 90 Percent Uranium Enrichment if Strikes Resume

(MENAFN) Iran issued a stark nuclear warning Tuesday, signaling that a resumption of US and Israeli military strikes on its soil could trigger a dramatic escalation in uranium enrichment levels — a move that would bring Tehran significantly closer to weapons-grade capability.

"We will review it in the parliament," said Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, in a post through US social media company X.

Rezaei's warning lands at a moment of acute regional fragility. US and Israeli forces launched coordinated strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, setting off a chain reaction of Iranian retaliatory strikes targeting Israel, US allies across the Gulf, and culminating in the closure of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint responsible for a significant share of the world's energy shipments.

A ceasefire brokered by Pakistan took effect on April 8, offering a brief pause in hostilities. However, subsequent negotiations in Islamabad collapsed without producing a durable settlement. US President Donald Trump subsequently extended the truce unilaterally, without attaching a fixed expiration date.

Diplomatic efforts suffered a further blow over the weekend, when Iran transmitted its formal response to a US framework proposal aimed at ending the war — only for Trump to swiftly dismiss it as "totally unacceptable," leaving the path to a lasting peace agreement deeply uncertain.

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