Iran to triple capacity to enrich 20% uranium

Iran to triple capacity to enrich 20% uranium: "The West accuses Iran of seeking to acquire a nuclear military capacity under the guise of its civilian atomic work, a charge Tehran strongly denies.

At the heart of Iran's dispute with the West lies uranium enrichment, a sensitive process which can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor or the fissile material for an atomic warhead.

Despite being targeted by four sets of sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, the Islamic republic is adamant it will push forward with its controversial nuclear activities.

Abbasi Davani meanwhile announced 'the forthcoming installation of the first cascade of 164 new-generation centrifuges', which are more powerful and faster than the models Iran currently operates in Natanz.

Iran has over 8,000 centrifuges of the first generation IR-1, with nearly 6,000 actively purifying uranium to the 3.5 percent level, according to the latest report by the UN nuclear watchdog in May."