DHAKA: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran is capable of converting low-grade uranium to weapons-grade within weeks.

‘Iran is prepared to give up enriching uranium to 20 percent and therefore debate on this subject is unimportant,’ Netanyahu’s office quoted him as saying at a weekly meeting of his cabinet.

‘The important part stems from technological improvements which allow Iran to enrich uranium from 3.5 percent to 90 percent in a number of weeks.’

‘Pressure on Iran, which continues enrichment while negotiating, must be intensified,’ the Israeli leader added, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1845 HRS, OCT 27, 2013
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