Iran to launch ‘advanced centrifuges’ in response to IAEA censure

By AFP 22 November 2024, 8:36 am

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Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)

Iran says it will launch a series of “new and advanced” centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the IAEA that censures Tehran for what the agency calls poor cooperation.

“The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran issued an order to take effective measures, including launching a significant series of new and advanced centrifuges of various types,” a joint statement issued by the organisation and Iran’s foreign ministry says.

It adds, however, that “technical and safeguards cooperation with the IAEA will continue, as in the past” and within the framework of agreements made by Iran.

Iran’s retaliatory measures “are reversible if this hostile action is withdrawn or negotiations are opened,” Tehran-based political analyst Hadi Mohammadi tells AFP.