Iran to Launch ‘Advanced Centrifuges’ Post-UN Nuclear Watchdog Resolution

• Iran plans to launch “new and advanced” centrifuges in response to a UN nuclear watchdog resolution condemning Tehran for lack of cooperation.

• The resolution, adopted by Britain, France, Germany, and the US, follows a similar one in June.

• The resolution came amid high tensions over Iran’s atomic programme, with critics accusing Iran of developing a nuclear weapon.

• The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran issued an order to launch a significant series of new and advanced centrifuges.

• The centrifuges enrich uranium transformed into gas, increasing the proportion of fissile isotope material (U-235).

• Iran’s atomic energy organisation spokesperson, Behrouz Kamalvandi, stated the new measures are mostly related to uranium enrichment.