The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, was quoted Friday as saying that his country will continue to enrich uranium to 20%, even if a nuclear deal is reached and sanctions are lifted, Iranian news reports said.

According to the reports, Eslami said that enrichment continues “with a maximum ceiling of 60%, which led Westerners to rush to negotiations, and it will continue with the lifting of sanctions by both 20% and 5%.”