Iran threatens nuclear escalation after UN watchdog finds noncompliance

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Iranian officials threatened to ramp up their nuclear activities after the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog organization adopted a resolution declaring Tehran was not in compliance with its nonproliferation requirements.

The foreign ministry said it would launch a “new uranium enrichment facility in a secure location” and install advanced centrifuges at another enrichment center after the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors voted in favor of the resolution on Thursday.

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