Following the adoption of the anti-Iranian resolution by the IAEA Governor’s Committee, Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency (AEOI), said Iran will set up a third uranium enrichment facility in a safe location and replace the first-generation centrifuge with a Fordow site equipped with advanced sixth-generation machinery.
Speaking Thursday, Eslami stressed that the new measures are part of Iran’s response to political and psychological measures led by the United States and three European countries (Germany, the UK and France), based on the effects of Israeli pressure.
“The new site is fully built and in a safe and immortal location. Concentration will begin as soon as the centrifuge is installed and set up.”
He further criticized the IAEA resolution, but he said he mistakenly accused Iran of failing to meet the JCPOA commitment.
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.
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.
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