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Iran says activating ‘advanced’ centrifuges after IAEA censure

Iranian experts inspect a nuclear plant in the central city of Isfahan which is used as a uranium conversion facility (UCF) designed to convert uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride [File: EPA]

Iran has said it will activate “new and advanced” centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board censuring it for lack of cooperation.

The motion was put forward by France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States at the 35-nation board of the United Nations nuclear watchdog and follows a similar one in June, criticised then by Iran as “hasty and unwise”.

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