Iran terus melakukan kegiatan pengayaan uranium meskipun resolusi Dewan Keamanan PBB telah dikeluarkan Desember lalu, yang memberlakukan sanksi-sanksi perdagangan bagi Iran karena menolak menghentikan kegiatan pengayaan uranium, dan memberi waktu  sampai 21 Februari untuk menuruti resolusi atau menghadapi sanksi-sanksi yang luas.
The country has continued its uranium enrichment activities in defiance of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed in December, which imposed trade sanctions on Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment activities and gave it until Feb. 21 to comply or face broader sanctions.