Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf has stated that the Islamic Republic has commenced the operation of its advanced centrifuges as a reaction to a politically driven action taken by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concerning the nation's peaceful nuclear program.

The Speaker of the Parliament of Iran said that Iran considers itself entitled to self-defense within the framework of the right of self-defense and Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, to respond to Zionist aggression.