Iran announced on Friday that it has built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility amid tensions with the United States regarding a stalled nuclear deal between the countries, reported Associated Press.

The IAEA held a board session Wednesday on Iran's nuclear program, during which Britain, France, and Germany warned Iran that its escalating nuclear activities—such as 60 percent enrichment of uranium and expansion of centrifuge and stockpile limits—undermine the JCPOA, a 2015 deal with Iran, but did not call for immediate punitive steps.

Follow the latest news after Israel launched strikes at Iran, a dramatic escalation in long-running tensions between the two countries.

Western nations are planning to table a resolution at an IAEA meeting that will find Iran in non-compliance with its so-called safeguards obligations for the first time in 20 years, a senior western diplomat said.

The UN nuclear watchdog has formally declared Iran in violation of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations, further complicating upcoming U.S.-Iran talks in Oman amid regional tensions.

VIENNA (Reuters) -Below are key passages from a four-page resolution on Iran that diplomats said the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation Board of Governors passed on Thursday. Stresses its support for a diplomatic solution to the problems posed by the Iranian nuclear programme,

Western nations to table a resolution at the UN nuclear agency, accusing Iran of non-compliance with safeguards obligations—a first in 20 years.

Israel launched its missile barrage on Iran this week because the theocratic regime was on the brink of building a crude nuclear device, experts said.

US–Iran nuclear talks will shape Iran’s nuclear future and test the strength of global nonproliferation norms.

The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, Roey Gilad, has voiced disappointment over Ghana’s decision to abstain from a vote in Vienna on whether Iran is complying with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards.