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The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Tuesday that the preliminaries of 60% uranium enrichment starts tonight in Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Nuclear site in Natanz.

A rapporteur for the Iranian parliament's internal affairs commission Ali Haddadi said on Tuesday that Iran's Parliamentary Councils Commission discussed the Ministry of Intelligence report on the Natanz incident.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday said that the US must lift all the imposed sanctions without stopping the implementation of its obligations.

The recent terrorist operation by the Zionist regime at Natanz nuclear facility is a projection to hide the regime's internal calamities and shows their undeniable panic over the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal; so, the Islamic Republic will definitely respond to such adventurism, the response would be in appropriate time and area to get the initiative out of hands of the Israeli

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Tuesday that all sanctions on Iran have to be lifted with no waste of time.

Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday that the sabotage act in Natanz nuclear facility was aimed at preventing constructive diplomacy, adding that Iran was committed to reciprocate proportionally in appropriate time.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a series if twits addressed to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres informed him about the terrorist attacks and cased destruction in Iran's Natanz Nuclear Enrichment Complex.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the deliberate targeting of Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant—with the high risk of potential release of radioactive material—constitutes a grave war crime that must not go unpunished. Here is the full text of Zarif's letter to UN Secretary-General:

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned the European Union for putting the names of several Iranian officials and institutions on its human rights sanctions list.

Iranian Foreign Minister referred to EU recent action in imposing sanctions on a number of Iranian officials, saying "In recent years, European Union by failing to fulfill its obligations and succumbing to US pressure has shown that it is gradually losing its relevance in international relations".

Iran on Monday accused Israel of plotting an incident at an Iranian nuclear facility to disrupt Iran's efforts to have U.S. sanctions lifted in the recent Vienna nuclear talks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel will never allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.

The White House said on Monday that the United States was not involved in a recent attack on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has condemned the European Union for imposing sanctions on Iran at a time when Tehran and the signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal are engaged in a diplomatic process in Vienna to save the troubled agreement.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is closely cooperating with Tehran in order to ensure that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will get back on track and be fully implemented.

South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun has affirmed that the country should "quickly" return billions of dollars of frozen money to Iran as tensions between the two countries ease.

A report has urged "serious" considerations to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea as well as further measures to limit Pyongyang's potential to launch nuclear strikes.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denounced more than a dozen former residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) who have testified about abuses in the region while living abroad as liars, criminals, terrorists, and persons of "bad morality," including an RFA Uyghur Service reporter.

Authorities in Hong Kong have warned that anyone who calls for the casting of blank protest votes in China-controlled elections slated for Dec. 19 will be breaking the law, as officials revealed plans to offer seats on the powerful Election Committee to losing, pro-China candidates in the last District Council election.

The legislative body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will introduce an amendment bill as part of the Hong Kong electoral reform on Wednesday for the first reading and second reading of the bill, with a number of detailed amendments in key areas for the election of the chief executive, the composition of the Legislative Council (LegCo), and the Candidate Eligibility Review