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Tehran Iran is continuing to develop its nuclear programme even as the Covid-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the country, the government said on Wednesday.
Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told state television that a new generation of centrifuges would soon come online at the Natanz fuel enrichment plant.
Iran has long maintained that it uses its nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes, including power generation and medical treatments.
Salehi said that during the pandemic, which has killed more than 3,800 people in the country, the nuclear programme has been used to help manufacture medical supplies.
According to President Hassan Rowhani, the Iranian nuclear programme is now more “advanced” than it was before the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, especially the country’s uranium-enrichment capacity. (DPA)
Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told state television that a new generation of centrifuges would soon come online at the Natanz fuel enrichment plant.
Iran has long maintained that it uses its nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes, including power generation and medical treatments.
Salehi said that during the pandemic, which has killed more than 3,800 people in the country, the nuclear programme has been used to help manufacture medical supplies.
According to President Hassan Rowhani, the Iranian nuclear programme is now more “advanced” than it was before the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, especially the country’s uranium-enrichment capacity. (DPA)
