Iranian President Hassan Rouhani implied Sunday that the Islamic Republic could hold a referendum over the country's nuclear program.
Rouhani was quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency saying he proposed a referendum on the issue in 2004 to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who initially accepted the idea. However, Rouhani said, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "changed the situation and things went on another path."
Last week semi-official Fars and Tasnim quoted an official at the Natanz nuclear facility saying that Iran had quadrupled its production of low-enriched uranium.
Earlier this month, Rouhani said Tehran would enrich uranium and stop some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal if the European signatories did not live up to their parts of the deal.
Tehran's announcement caused friction with the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, who all urged Iran to stick to the agreement.
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