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Iran claims it’s installing 1,000 centrifuges after announcing expanded uranium enrichment

By Zach Halaschak
Published January 6, 2021 12:40am ET
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Iran claims it’s installing 1,000 centrifuges after announcing expanded uranium enrichment
FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

The Iranian regime announced that it will be rolling out 1,000 additional centrifuges after it said it would begin enriching uranium to levels far in excess of the nuclear deal.

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear agency, announced the expansion on Tuesday, the Times of Israel reported. He also said that the country increased its supply of yellowcake, a uranium concentrate powder that is used for enrichment.

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