The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors has passed resolution formally declaring Iran noncompliant with its nonproliferation obligations for the first time since 2005, a move Tehran immediately condemned.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors has passed a resolution formally declaring Iran noncompliant with its nonproliferation obligations for the first time since 2005, a move Tehran immediately condemned.

The resolution, which was adopted on June 12 during a quarterly meeting of the IAEA board, can facilitate the return of UN sanctions against Iran later this year.

In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that a new enrichment site would be established in a safe zone and first-generation centrifuges in the Fordo site will be replaced with advanced sixth-generation machines.

“As we have previously stated, the Islamic Republic of Iran has no choice but to respond to this political resolution,” the ministry said in a statement.