NCRI – The Iranian regime’s outgoing nuclear chief said on Saturday that the mullahs regime has a total of 18,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, a process that is used for making nuclear weapon. The number is higher by a third than publicly known.
Responding to a question , Fereidon Abbasi said: “Our July 23 inventory indicates that we have over 17,000 first generation centrifuges out of which 10,000 are active and another 7,000 are ready to set up.”
He told the state-run ISNA news agency: “1,000 of new generation centrifuges also have been installed, therefore a total of 18,000 centrifuges are active.”
According to Abbasi “more than 700 centrifuges are enriching uranium to 20 percent enrichment in Natanz and Ferdow sites.”
Fereidoun Abbasi’s announcement came as he handed over his post Saturday to Ali Akbar Salehi, the former Foreign Minister who was appointed by Hasan Rouhani, the regime’s president.
Meanwhile Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the Iranian regime will not change principles of its foreign policy.
On August 7,i n his first press conference after taking office, Hassan Rouhani emphasized on the continuation of the regime’s nuclear program, describing it as a “national and non-partisan” program.
He said the issue of uranium enrichment is not a matter of negotiations. He described the international community’s call to halt enrichment as “beyond the law, unreasonable or expired” demands.
While stressing that “existing principles in this regard will be maintained” and “we will not give it up”, Rouhani repeatedly asked for unilateral concessions from the West with respect to the nuclear program.
