A day after the announcement of surpassing the 3.67 per cent uranium enrichment level set by the JCPOA, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation’s spokesperson stated that “there is the 20 per cent [enrichment] option and there are options even higher than that but each in its own place. Today if our country's needs are one thing, we won't pursue something else just to scare the other side a little more. But they know it's an upward trend".