THE UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years today — a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore UN sanctions later this year.

Iran reacted immediately, saying it will establish a new enrichment facility “in a secure location” and that “other measures are also being planned.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has no choice but to respond to this political resolution,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran said in a joint statement.

US President Donald Trump previously warned that Israel or the US could carry out air strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations failed — and some US personnel and their families have begun leaving the region over the tensions, which come ahead of a new round of Iran-US talks Sunday in Oman.