Iran's leader warns it could enrich uranium more than before nuke deal

Iran’s president is saying there’s a “short time” to negotiate with the countries remaining in the nuclear deal, warning his country could start enriching uranium more than ever in the coming weeks.

President Hassan Rouhani makes the statement Tuesday immediately after US President Donald Trump said he was pulling the US out of the nuclear deal.

Rouhani speaks live on Iranian state television. He says he will be sending Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to countries remaining in the accord.

He says, “I have ordered Iran’s atomic organization that whenever it is needed, we will start enriching uranium more than before.”

He says Iran would start this “in the next weeks.”

— AP