The action could lead to sanctions against Tehran, which has barred international monitoring of its accelerated uranium enrichment efforts.
Soon after the censure vote, Iran’s foreign ministry and atomic energy agency announced plans to start operation of new, more advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium. In a statement, the two agencies accused the Washington and its allies of proposing the censure to pursue “illicit plans.”
The US stopped participating in the monitoring deal, so Iran ended monitoring. Who could possibly have seen this coming? Surely not people interested in vilifying Iran such as John Bolton.