The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran had upgraded uranium enrichment to 5 at the Natanz plant last Sunday, while European countries have urged Iran to return to its nuclear obligations.

In a brief report expected to be presented to the Vienna Board of Governors today, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that "Iran provided the IAEA on Sunday with updated information that Tehran had raised its enrichment level to 5%. On Monday, 8 July, Agency that the level of enrichment was 4.5% ».

The report also notes that the IAEA "used the enrichment control system and confirmed that the level of enrichment exceeded 3.67%." On Friday, IAEA experts took samples of enriched uranium at a level higher than that set by the nuclear deal for analysis.

The report of the atomic energy inspectors confirmed yesterday that Iran has violated the level of uranium enrichment, stressing that Tehran is enriching uranium to prohibited levels.

The IAEA said in a report seen by Reuters that Iran enriched uranium with a purity higher than that stipulated in the nuclear deal.

"IAEA inspectors are investigating on July 8 that Tehran has enriched uranium more than 3.67 percent," the IAEA spokesman said in a statement.

A report sent to IAEA member states said the IAEA had verified the level of uranium enrichment via Internet devices to monitor enrichment, adding that samples had also been taken yesterday for examination.

For its part, urged European countries participating in the nuclear agreement and the European Union foreign minister yesterday, Tehran to return to its violation of the nuclear agreement, amid rising tension on the subject.

The United Nations said UN inspectors had agreed to bypass Iran's uranium enrichment ceiling, which coincides with a visit by French President George W. Bush to Tehran for talks. Britain, France and Germany expressed "deep concern" about the worsening crisis.

Since the unilateral withdrawal of US President Donald Trump from the nuclear deal between Tehran and the big powers and imposing tough sanctions on Tehran, the European Union has been making efforts so far to salvage this agreement aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting sanctions.

"The foreign ministers of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the EU High Representative express their deep concern that Iran continues activities that are inconsistent with its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan," the official designation of the nuclear deal, the statement said.

"Iran must act accordingly by retreating from these activities and immediately return to full compliance with the nuclear agreement," the statement said.

The statement pointed out the need to hold an "emergency" meeting of the joint committee supervising the agreement composed of the participating countries.

Iran's decision to skip the uranium enrichment ceiling set in the nuclear deal came more than a year after Washington withdrew from it. Tehran is trying to put more pressure on European countries to help it circumvent US sanctions.

At the request of Washington, the International Atomic Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss what Iran has recently announced.

Iran says it is not breaking the agreement, provoking clauses that allow a party to temporarily waive some of its obligations if the other party fails to honor its commitments.

In turn, warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran yesterday, that it is in the range of Israeli warplanes, referring to Iranian threats to destroy Israel.

"Iran has recently threatened to destroy Israel," Netanyahu said in public statements at an Israeli air base. It has to remember that these aircraft can reach anywhere in the Middle East, including Iran, and certainly Syria. "

Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency quoted a senior Iranian parliamentarian as saying that if Washington attacked Iran, Israel would be destroyed in half an hour.

4.5%

Is the percentage of enrichment that Iran has notified the IAEA.