UN nuclear watchdog in crisis talks over Iran

THE UN nuclear watchdog agency held an emergency meeting yesterday to assess Iran's resumption of uranium conversion.

Meanwhile an Iranian dissident said Tehran has manufactured about 4,000 centrifuges capable of enriching uranium to weapons grade.

The meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 35-nation board of governors came a day after Iran restarted some activities at its nuclear plant at the central Iranian city of Isfahan.