Iran official warns country could start enriching uranium to 90% if attacked again

By Lazar Berman

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12 May 2026, 12:28 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)

If the US or Israel attack Iran again, Tehran could produce weapons-grade uranium, says the spokesman for Iran’s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

“One of Iran’s options in the event of another attack could be 90 percent enrichment,” writes Ebrahim Rezaei in a Persian-language post on X. “We will review it in the parliament.”

Iran has enriched uranium to 60%, and could quickly make the leap to 90%.