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Iran says nuclear program testing newest advanced centrifuge Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, second from right, visits an exhibition of the country’s nuclear achievements in Tehran on Saturday. (Iranian Presidency Office via Associated Press) Associated Press TEHRAN  —  Iran said Saturday it has begun mechanical tests on its newest advanced nuclear centrifuge, even as the five world powers that remain in a foundering 2015 nuclear deal with Iran attempt to bring the U.S. back into the agreement. Iran’s IR-9 centrifuge, when operational, would have the ability to separate ura...

Iran has begun mechanical tests on an advanced nuclear centrifuge as the five world powers that remain in a foundering 2015 deal attempt to bring the US back into the agreement. Iran’s IR-9 centrifuge, when operational, would have the ability to separate uranium isotopes more quickly than the current centrifuges being used, thereby enriching uranium at a faster pace. The announcement carried on state TV came on Iran’s annual Nuclear Day. The IR-9’s output is 50 times quicker than the first Iranian centrifuge, the IR-1. Iran’s nuclear programme is also developing IR-8 centrifuges. Pres...

Iranian president meets Irish FM, calls for 'mutual respect' in negotiations over nuclear program

A photo composite showing Omer Barlev, left, and Yair Golan. (Flash90) They are both politicians, both ex-army officials with deep security credentials who have served on the Knesset’s powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and both are on the front line of opposition to the Iran nuclear deal resistance spearheaded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a political climate in which nearly the entire mainstream has fallen in line behind Netanyahu on the Iran nuclear issue, Meretz MK Yair Golan and likely future Labor MK Omer Bar-Lev stand out as those likely to lead the charge in ...

State Department says it will accept invitation from European Union to meet with deal's original participants, including Tehran; US reportedly told Israel of move ahead of time