Defence`s Feeds

All U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by September 11 — the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon — a senior administration official announced on Tuesday.

The White House says U.S. President Joe Biden will give a speech on April 14 on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the pullout of American troops from Iraq under a law adopted by the parliament of the Arab country will contribute to the establishment of peace and security of Iraq and the whole region.

Iran's permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has stressed that despite an act of sabotage, enrichment at the safeguarded nuclear facility in Natanz has not stopped.

Iran has warned that it will start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, two days after an alleged sabotage attack on the country's main Natanz nuclear site that it blamed on archenemy Israel.

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Earlier, reports surfaced that Iran would being raising its uranium enrichment levels to 60% as the Middle Eastern nation was moving toward introducing 1,000 more centrifuges to its Natanz nuclear site.

The news comes as Tehran's intends to increase its nuclear activity in the wake of a reported sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear plant.

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.