Across the World: Iran
China Daily | Updated: 2008-08-30 07:55
4,000 centrifuges
Iran has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges, an official said in remarks published on Friday, in line with a number verified by the UN atomic watchdog but lower than a figure cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad said last month Iran had more than 5,000 centrifuges running but the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which routinely checks Iranian nuclear sites, later said he appeared to have overstated the number by at least 1,000.
"There are currently close to 4,000 centrifuges active at Natanz enrichment facility. ... Another 3,000 centrifuges are being installed," said Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar, the official IRNA news agency reported.
(China Daily 08/30/2008 page11)
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