Special Report:
Iran Nuclear
Crisis
BEIJING, Sept. 3 -- Iran runs over 3,000 Centrifuges
to enrich uranium for the controversial nuclear program.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his
country is now running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its controversial
nuclear program. The claims reported in Iranian state media come just days after
the UN nuclear watchdog put the number at close to 2,000.
President Ahmadinejad has told a meeting of Iranian
university students that western countries thought that with every new
resolution, Iran would back down. But he said, after every resolution, Iranians
took another step and made new achievements.
The Iranian president said his country has more than
three-thousand centrifuges in operation, and every week a new set of centrifuges
will be installed.
The IAEA issued a report on Thursday saying the
Iranian enrichment program had slowed, and the country was cooperating with its
nuclear probe. The report could rebuff calls for a third round of sanctions
against Iran.
In April, Iran announced it was operating
three-thousand centrifuges, but the IAEA said Iran had not reached that level.
In the latest report, the organization put the number
of centrifuges enriching uranium in Natanz at close to two thousand.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran will
revise its cooperation with the IAEA.. if the UN Security Council imposes new
sanctions against Iran.
The spokesman says Iran will consider different
options if sanctions are imposed.
(Source: cctv.com)
