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UN nuclear watchdog board censures Iran, which retaliates
by announcing a new enrichment site (1/2)
The Associated Press - Stephanie Liechtenstein And Jon
Gambrell
Thu, June 12, 2025 at 7:05 a.m. PDT·6 min read
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.
Iran reacted immediately, saying it will establish a new enrichment facility “in a secure location” and that “other measures are also being planned.”
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has no choice but to respond to this political resolution,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said in a joint statement.
U.S. President Donald Trump previously warned that Israel or America could carry out airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations failed — and some American personnel and their families have begun leaving the region over the tensions, which come ahead of a new round of Iran-U.S. talks Sunday in Oman. In Israel, the U.S. Embassy ordered American government employees and their families to remain in the Tel Aviv area over security concerns.
Nineteen countries on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board, which represents the agency’s member nations, voted for the resolution, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the outcome of the closed-doors vote.
Russia, China and Burkina Faso opposed it, 11 abstained and two did not vote.
In the draft resolution seen by The Associated Press, the board of governors renews a call on Iran to provide answers “without delay” in a long-running investigation into uranium traces found at several locations that Tehran has failed to declare as nuclear sites.
Western officials suspect that the uranium traces could provide further evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003.
The resolution was put forward by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States.
Iran lists steps in retaliation for the IAEA vote
Speaking to Iranian state television after the vote, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said that his agency immediately informed the IAEA of “specific and effective” actions Tehran would take.
“One is the launch of a third secure site” for enrichment, spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said. He did not elaborate on the location, but the organization's chief Mohammad Eslami later described the site as "already built, prepared, and located in a secure and invulnerable place.”
Iran has two underground sites at Fordo and Natanz and has been building tunnels in the mountains near Natanz since suspected Israeli sabotage attacks targeted that facility.
The other step would be replacing old centrifuges for advanced ones at Fordo. “The implication of this is that our production of enriched materials will significantly increase,” Kamalvandi said.
Under those obligations, which are part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran is legally bound to declare all nuclear material and activities and allow IAEA inspectors to verify that none of it is being diverted from peaceful uses.
The draft resolution also finds that 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 United Nations Security Council, as the organ bearing the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
The draft resolution made a direct reference to the U.S.-Iran talks, stressing its “support for a diplomatic solution to the problems posed by the Iranian nuclear program, including the talks between the United States and Iran, leading to an agreement that addresses all international concerns related to Iran’s nuclear activities, encouraging all parties to constructively engage in diplomacy.”
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Translation
聯合國核監督機構理事會譴責伊朗，伊朗報復性地宣佈建立新的鈾濃縮設施（1/2）
維也納（美聯社）—聯合國核監督機構理事會週四正式裁定，伊朗20年來首次未履行其核義務，此舉可能導致緊張局勢進一步加劇，並促使聯合國在今年稍後恢復對伊朗的製裁。
伊朗立即回應，稱將「在安全地點」建立新的鈾濃縮設施，並且「也在計劃其他措施」。
伊朗外交部和伊朗原子能組織在一份聯合聲明中表示： “伊朗伊斯蘭共和國別無選擇，只能對這項政治決議作出回應。”
美國總統特朗普先前曾警告稱，如果談判失敗，以色列或美國可能會對伊朗核設施實施空襲。由於緊張局勢，一些美國人員及其家屬已開始離開該地區。美伊新一輪談判將於週日在阿曼舉行。在以色列，美國大使館出於安全考慮，下令美國政府員工及其家屬留在特拉維夫地區。
據不願透露姓名的外交官透露，代表國際原子能總署成員國的國際原子能總署理事會中有19個國家在閉門投票中支持該決議。
俄羅斯、中國和 Burkina Faso 反對該決議，11個國家棄權，2個國家沒有投票。
在美聯社看到的決議草案中，理事會再次呼籲伊朗「立即」就其長期調查作出答复，該調查針對在德黑蘭被發現有鈾痕跡的多個地點, 並未申報為核設施地點。
西方官員懷疑，這些微量鈾可能進一步證明伊朗在2003年之前一直擁有秘密核武計劃。
該決議由法國、英國、德國和美國提出。
伊朗列舉了針對國際原子能總署投票的報復措施
伊朗原子能組織發言人在投票後對伊朗國家電視台表示，該機構已立即向國際原子能總署通報了德黑蘭將採取的「具體而有效」行動。
發言人Behrouz Kamalvandi 表示，「其中一項措施是啟動第三個用於鈾濃縮的安全地點」。他沒有詳細說明具體位置，但該組織負責人Mohammad Eslami 後來稱該設施「已經建成、準備就緒，並位於一個安全且無法被攻擊的地方」。
伊朗在 Fordo 和 Natanz 擁有兩處地下設施，自從懷疑以色列會襲擊破壞該設施後, 伊朗一直在Natanz 附近的山區建造隧道。
另一步是將 Fordo 的陳舊離心機更換為先進的離心機。 Kamalvandi說: 「這意味著我們的濃縮鈾產量將大幅增加」。
根據決議草案，“伊朗自2019年以來多次未能履行其義務，就關於伊朗多個未申報地點的未申報核物料和活動, 未能全力及時地與該局合作……這構成了其不遵守《保障監督協定》規定的義務。”
根據這些義務，都是《不擴散核武條約》都一部份，伊朗有法律義務申報所有核子物料和核子活動，並允許國際原子能總署的核查人員核實其中任何一項, 均用於和平用途而沒有被轉作其他用途。
該決議草案還認為，國際原子能總署「未能…保證伊朗核計劃完全用於和平目的，這引發了屬於聯合國安全理事會職權範圍的問題，因為安理會是維護國際和平與安全的主要責任機構」。
該決議草案直接提到美伊會談，強調其「支持透過外交途徑解決伊朗核計劃帶來的問題，包括美伊會談，以達成一項解決所有與伊朗核活動有關的國際關切的協議，並鼓勵各方建設性地開展外交活動」。
（待續）
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