Iran moves towards enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges - GulfToday

Iran moves towards enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges

  • 09 Sep 2019
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This photo shows the IAEA official Cornel Feruta (centre) attends a meeting in Tehran. AFP

Iran has begun installing more advanced centrifuges and is moving towards producing enriched uranium with them even though that is forbidden under its nuclear deal with major powers, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

"All of the installed centrifuges had been prepared for testing with UF6," though none of them were being tested with UF6 on Sept. 7 and 8, an IAEA spokesman said in a statement, referring to the uranium hexafluoride feedstock for centrifuges.

Reuters

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