We want to uphold nuclear deal if all sides do, Iran's IAEA ambassador tells paper

Iran intends to preserve the nuclear deal with major powers if all parties fulfill their obligations under it, its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear body told a German newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday.

Diplomats earlier told Reuters the IAEA told member states in a closed-door meeting Iran was enriching uranium to 4.5% purity, above the 3.67% limit set by the international treaty.

"What we're doing only has one aim: We want to preserve the nuclear treaty," Iran's envoy to the Vienna-based authority was cited as saying by the weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

He also said: "Everything can be reversed within a single hour - if all of our partners in the treaty would just fulfill their obligations in the same way."