Iran has rapidly installed extra uranium-enriching centrifuges at its Fordo site and has begun setting up others, a UN nuclear watchdog report said earlier in the day.
The US State Department said the report showed that Iran aimed to continue expanding its nuclear program “in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose.”
“The report issued today by the IAEA makes clear that Iran aims to continue expanding its nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose,” spokesperson Matthew Miller said. “If Iran implements these plans, we will respond accordingly.” No further details were given.
Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said, one week after the agency’s board of governors passed a resolution criticizing Tehran’s lack of cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. READ MORE
