Iran has expanded military drills to cover two additional nuclear facilities in the west and centre of the country, state media reported on Sunday.
Eqtedar, or "might" in Farsi, began last week and are set to continue until mid-March. They involve the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideological branch of Iran's military.
drills were initially focused on the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in central Iran.
return to the White House.
pulled the United States out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, and he also ordered the killing of an IRGC general in a drone strike in Iraq.
hold nuclear talks with France, Britain and Germany on 13 January in Switzerland.
Axios reported that White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan had presented President Joe Biden with options for a potential US strike on Iran's nuclear facilities if Tehran moved toward developing an atomic weapon before 20 January, when Trump takes office.
Esmaeil Baqaei criticised the reports, saying threats against the country's nuclear facilities were "a gross violation of international law".
maintains that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes and denies any intention to develop atomic weapons.
increased its manufacturing of enriched uranium, and it is the only non-nuclear weapons state to possess uranium enriched to 60 percent, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog says.
atomic bomb.
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