Iran 'installing 3,000 uranium centrifuges'

Iran has begun installing 3,000 centrifuges, a top Iranian governor said today.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the installation of 3,000 centrifuges at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant “stabilises Iran’s capability in the field of nuclear technology”, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

“We are right now installing 3,000 centrifuges,” Boroujerdi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s Foreign Policy and National Security Committee said.