UN watchdog says Iran breached nuclear deals

The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on Thursday and Tehran announced counter-measures, as an Iranian official said a "friendly country" had warned it of a potential Israeli attack.

- Reuters

VIENNA/DUBAI: The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on Thursday and Tehran announced counter-measures, as an Iranian official said a "friendly country" had warned it of a potential Israeli attack.

US and Iranian officials will hold a sixth round of talks on Tehran's accelerating uranium enrichment programme in Oman, on Sunday, the Omani foreign minister said, on Thursday. But security fears have risen since US President Donald Trump said, on Wednesday, that American personnel were being moved out of the region because "it could be a dangerous place" and that Tehran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.

Trump has threatened to bomb Iran if the nuclear talks do not progress, and in an interview released on Wednesday said he had become less confident that Tehran would agree to stop enriching uranium. The Islamic Republic wants a lifting of the US sanctions imposed on the country since 2018.