Iran fires up advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear step
Iran has started up advanced centrifuges to boost its stockpile of enriched uranium but will allow the UN atomic agency to continue monitoring its nuclear programme, spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Behrouz Kamalvandi saidSIA reports referring to TRTworld.
He said the agency had activated 20 IR-4 and 20 IR-6 centrifuges as a third step in the Islamic republic's reduction of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.
"The centrifuge machines, as they are engaged in research and development, will help with increasing the stockpile," he said.
"The capacity of these machines is many times more than the previous machines. This started as of yesterday (Friday)," he told reporters.
Iran seizes ship for alleged fuel-smuggling
Iran's coast guard has seized a vessel for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 crew members from the Philippines, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported.
The vessel was carrying nearly 284,000 litres of diesel, the news agency said on Saturday.
Satellite images show Iran oil tanker off Syria
Earlier, the once-detained Iranian oil tanker pursued by the US appeared to be off the coast of Syria, where Tehran reportedly promised the vessel would not go when authorities in Gibraltar agreed to release it several weeks ago, according to satellite images obtained Saturday by The Associated Press.
The images obtained early Saturday from Maxar Technologies appeared to show the vessel off Syria's coast, some 3.7 kilometres off shore under intermittent cloud cover.
Iranian and Syrian officials have not acknowledged the vessel's presence there.
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