Iran's government ordered the Atomic Energy Organization to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in the country, the state IRIB TV reported on Sunday.
Under the government decree, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the construction of five new uranium enrichment sites and will present its proposal for the locations of five others within two months, the report said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying that to produce 20,000 megawatt electricity, it is important to build 10 new nuclear enrichment sites at the scale of its main enrichment complex in the central city of Natanz.
The country also needs 500,000 centrifuges to generate the electricity required, Ahmadinejad said at a cabinet session, according to IRIB.
"We are dealing with the whole world in a friendly manner, but we are not joking with anybody and will not allow the rights of Iranians to be violated," the report quoted him as saying.
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi said, on the sidelines of the government's meeting session, that "the decision (of the government) is a strong response to the (recent) unfavorable move by G5+1 (five permanent members of United Nations ' Security Council plus Germany)" and "10 new enrichment sites will be built."
Salehi also underlined the country's commitments to the international regulations and said "as we are committed to pursue our rights, we are committed to international regulations," according to IRIB.
The resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors during a meeting Friday in Vienna called for the "full cooperation" of Iran to clarify all outstanding issues involving its nuclear program.
It was reported that the resolution contained a strong call on Tehran to implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, as well as all
the transparency measures the IAEA needed to restore confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.
It also required Iran to stop construction on the newly- disclosed Fordo uranium enrichment facility near the central Iranian city of Qom.
Iran is due to further discuss the production of the high-grade uranium of 20 percent purity on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad said.