Iran to Define Own Needs for Uranium Enrichment

Enemies are not allowed to define Iran’s needs for uranium enrichment, a senior Iranian cleric stressed, adding that the country will define its enrichment needs by itself.

News ID: 60109

Date: 27 September 2014 - 10:00

Addressing a large congregation of Iranian people in the capital today, Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi underlined that other countries have by no means any right to define the size and scope of Iran’s uranium enrichment capacity.
He made it clear that Iran currently needs a uranium enrichment capacity of 190,000 Separative Work Units (SWUs), according to what the Supreme Leader has already detailed.
As regards activities at Arak heavy water reactor, Ayatollah Seddiqi said Iran will not accept change in facility's nature.
Back in July, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had warned of West's attempts to curb Tehran's nuclear energy program, underlining that Iran definitely needed an enrichment capacity of 190,000 SWUs.
Since last week, delegates from Iran and the sextet of world powers (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) have launched a fresh round of talks in New York in a bid to hammer out a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear case.
Iran and the six nations (known as G5+1, P5+1 or E3+3) on November 24, 2013, signed an interim nuclear deal in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Based on the interim deal, the world powers agreed to suspend some non-essential sanctions and to impose no new nuclear-related bans in return for Tehran's decision to freeze parts of its nuclear activities.
In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend negotiations until November 24 in the hope of clinching a final deal.