Briefly

IRAN

New enrichment plant to be built

Iran said on Thursday it will establish a new enrichment facility "in a secure location" after the International Atomic Energy Agency declared Teheran in breach of its nonproliferation obligations for the first time in almost 20 years. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has no choice but to respond to this political resolution," Iran's Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said in a joint statement. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the agency immediately informed the IAEA of "specific and effective "actions Teheran would take. "One is the launch of a third secure site" for enrichment, he said. Meanwhile, Iranian and United States officials will hold the sixth round of nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday, the Omani foreign minister said on Thursday.

UNITED STATES

Weinstein found guilty in sexual assault case

Former Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault at his retrial on Wednesday and not guilty of another, with jurors still considering a rape charge after hearing testimony from his alleged victims. Weinstein was retried for offenses against two women, Jessica Mann whom he is alleged to have raped, and Miriam Haley whom he was found to have sexually assaulted, alongside new charges of assaulting former model Kaja Sokola. He was found not guilty of those new charges at the tense proceeding in a Manhattan court on Wednesday. Following the verdict, Haley told reporters the defense's "victim-shaming and deliberate attempts to distort the truth was exhausting and at times dehumanizing".

Agencies - Xinhua