In response to the adoption of an anti-Iranian resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced the start of launching a new enrichment center in a secure location and replacing first-generation machines with advanced sixth-generation centrifuges at the Fordow site. Tehran has declared these measures a decisive response to what it called the "political game of the West" and has also announced plans for the next steps.
Publish dateThursday 12 June 2025 - 13:00
Story Code : 318750
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Tehran: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a joint statement, strongly condemning the US, UK, France and Germany's move to pass a resolution against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors, calling it an example of "using a technical institution as a political tool."
The statement reads: "This resolution lacks technical and legal foundations and was drafted solely for political motives. The Islamic Republic of Iran has always adhered to its safeguards obligations, and the Agency’s reports have so far not made any reference to deviations in Iran’s nuclear activities or violations of its obligations.”
Iran also described the content of the Agency’s latest report as “completely political and biased,” adding: “The four proposing countries have even gone beyond the Director General’s report and have drafted the provisions of a resolution that contradicts the same report.”
The joint statement emphasizes that because these countries were unable to find any ambiguity in Iran’s current nuclear activities, they have resorted to allegations related to more than 25 years ago; while these files have been closed according to the November 2015 resolution of the Agency’s Board of Governors.
In another part of the statement, the silence of these countries regarding the “Zionist regime’s weapons program” and this regime’s threats against peaceful installations of the countries that are members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been criticized.
Iran also pointed to the Western countries’ unfulfilled commitments under Article 6 of the NPT on nuclear disarmament and noted that Germany also hosts nuclear weapons, an action that contradicts the spirit and letter of the treaty.
The statement states: “This political approach seriously questions the legitimacy and impartiality of the Agency and shows that cooperation and transparency with the Agency, in the face of political behavior, are counterproductive.”
Iran’s countermeasures
In response to the resolution, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that it had no choice but to respond. By order of the head of the Atomic Energy Organization, the following measures have been put on the immediate agenda:
- Launching a new enrichment center in a secure location
- Replacing first-generation centrifuges with advanced sixth-generation machines at the Martyr Dr. Ali Mohammadi (Fordow) site
Iran has announced that other measures are also being planned, which will be announced in due course.
The composition of votes in the Board of Governors
The resolution proposed by the United States and three European countries was approved this morning, Thursday, 12 June, with 19 votes in favor, 3 against, and 11 abstentions.
Positive voters:
United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Ecuador, Ukraine, Canada, Georgia, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Colombia.
Negative voters:
Russia, China, Burkina Faso.
Abstaining countries:
South Africa, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Brazil, Ghana, Thailand, Algeria, Armenia, and Bangladesh.
Paraguay and Venezuela also did not have the right to vote in this meeting.
It is worth noting that this resolution does not include referring Iran's case to the UN Security Council, but Tehran has considered it a political and hostile step that will lead to a decrease in the level of cooperation.
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