Iran to significantly increase uranium enrichment in wake of IAEA resolution
This is the first time in 20 years that such a resolution has been issued against Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, issued a non-compliance resolution against Iran on Thursday, the first in 20 years. In response, Iran said it would significantly increase the enrichment of uranium.
Iran said it will establish up a new uranium enrichment facility “in a secure location,” and will replace first-generation centrifuges at its enrichment center in Fordow with advanced sixth-generation centrifuges, in response to the IAEA Board of Governor's resolution, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
"As we have previously stated, the Islamic Republic of Iran has no choice but to respond to this political resolution," the country's foreign ministry said in a statement.
The IAEA vote passed 19-3, with 11 abstentions, after the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany penned the measure.
"Iran's many failures to uphold its obligations since 2019 to provide the Agency with full and timely cooperation regarding undeclared nuclear material and activities at multiple undeclared locations in Iran... constitutes noncompliance with its obligations under its Safeguards Agreement," the resolution said, according to the Associated Press.
The IAEA's "inability to provide assurance that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful gives rise to questions that are within the competence of the UN Security Council, as the organ bearing the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security."
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Iran and the US are set to meet in Oman for another round of talks despite the deadlock over enrichment. This comes as the US evacuated non-essential personnel from its missions in the Middle East.
A report in US media outlets said that an Israeli attack on Iran could come in the following days, although it will apparently be without the US.
Iran has also ordered military drills, with a "focus on enemy movements."