IAEA Director General, Rafael Grossi: 'Iran's underground enrichment facilities at Natanz remain intact, only the surface level facilities have been destroyed'
In response to the resolution against Iran, the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency announces the following immediate reliatory measures:
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Iran will significantly increase its enriched uranium production, opening up a third enrichment facility in a hardened and secure location.
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Iran will replace first generation IR-1 centrifuges at the underground Fordow facility with advanced IR-6 centrifuges.
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Iran will significantly reduce its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and may expel inspectors.
At the Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, the IAEA officially declared Iran in 'non-compliance' with its nuclear committments
The resolution was supported by the United States and the E3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom), with 19 countries voting in its favor.
Russia, China, and Burkina Faso voted against it.
Eleven countries abstained, including South Africa, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, and Brazil.
Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief-of-Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, makes his first appearance:
'All the operations we have carried out so far, have been limited operations with the purpose of warnings and deterrence.
The real and decisive punitive action will soon be carried out against the Zionist regime, with the help of God Almighty. All settlers should immediately leave Tel Aviv and Haifa.'