Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar warned that time was running out to prevent Tehran from accessing nuclear weapons, and the Islamic regime was already capable of producing a “couple of bombs.”

VIENNA (AP) — Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed.

The IAEA said in its quarterly report that it is of “serious concern” that Iran has an estimated 274.8 kilograms (605 pounds) of uranium enriched to up to 60 per cent as of 8 Feb, up by 92.5 kilograms since the previous report in November. That level of enrichment is a short step from the 90pc needed to make a nuclear weapon.

Iran on Monday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call to "finish the job" against the Islamic republic as a breach of the UN Charter.

Tehran, IRNA – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of a high-level disarmament conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

The bomber flights come as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iran's top leaders aligned positions on issues around Iran's nuclear programme at talks in Tehran on Tuesday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

The United Nations said Israel is violating a 2006 Security Council resolution by delaying its full withdrawal from southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement from UN envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and the UNIFIL peacekeeping force.

On Feb 16, Mr Netanyahu told a Jerusalem news conference with visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Israel would “finish the job” against Iran with the support of the US, its top ally. Mr Netanyahu also said Israel had “dealt a mighty blow to Iran’s terror axis” during the past 16 months.