Iran has threatened to move nuclear material to secret sites to protect it from potential Israeli strikes, Axios reports.

Iran’s top diplomat on Thursday also warned that his country would take “special measures” to defend its nuclear sites if Israel continues to threaten them, raising the stakes further ahead of a new round of talks with the United States.

The comments by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi offered no specifics on what Tehran would do, but international inspectors already have seen their access limited to Iran’s program. That’s even as Tehran enriches uranium to 60% purity, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

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