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Iran working on centrifuge prototype 50 times faster than allowed by nuclear deal, official says

04 November 2019 15:41 (UTC +04:00)

The head of the Iran's nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, has announced that the country is now operating 60 IR-6 advanced centrifuges, which is twice the amount that was previously known, and which appears to be a violation of the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA) also known as the Iranian nuclear deal, APA reports citing Sputnik.

He also declared that Iran is now working on a prototype centrifuge which would be 50 times faster as those that are allowed by JCPOA.

Salehi made this reveal to state television on the 40th anniversary of the US embassy takeover in Tehran, adding that

The IR-6 centrifuges are capable of producing enriched uranium 10 times as fast as the first generation IR-1 centrifuges that were permitted by the deal which limited Iran to using only 5,060 of the IR-1s.