Iran Announces a New Nuclear Enrichment Site after UN Watchdog Censure

June 12, 2025

Author: 

Stephanie Liechtenstein, Jon Gambrell, and Aamer Madhani

Publication: 

Associated Press

Iran announced that it would begin operating a third uranium enrichment facility in response to its censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. The Agency's board voted to censure Iran following the release of a comprehensive report on IAEA investigations into suspected Iranian violations of its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty obligations. The report concluded that Iran had failed to cooperate satisfactorily with the investigations into the presence of nuclear material at multiple undeclared sites. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said that the new enrichment site had already been constructed in an "invulnerable" location.