Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), has strongly criticized the resolution passed by the IAEA Committee, calling it a strategic miscalculation by the West.
“They mistakenly believe that political pressure can force Iran to retreat from its legitimate position,” Kamalbandi said Thursday. “We had already warned that we would adjust our actions.”
As part of Iran’s response, Kamalbandi announced the activation of the third enriched complex, along with a major upgrade of Iran’s centrifugal system.
“We’re replacing the first generation centrifuge with the sixth generation machine,” he said, adding that uranium enrichment will increase significantly in both volume and efficiency.
AEOI chief Mohammad Eslami has ordered the launch of a new concentration centre at “A Secure Location” and ordered the replacement of the old IR-1 centrifuge at the Fordow Underground nuclear facility with the one of the advanced IR-6.
Other measures are planned and will be announced later.
The 35th Governor General’s Committee of the United Nations Nuclear Observatory passed a resolution on Thursday declaring Iran for the first time in nearly 20 years on breach of its non-proliferation obligation, a diplomat at the closed door council meeting said.
The political resolution was proposed by the US and European troika.
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