Iran is testing IR-9 state-of-the-art centrifuges that can enrich uranium at five times the current centrifuge

• President Rouhani visits nuclear facility in Iran // Photo: AP

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday at a conference held in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, that Iran is testing the operation of newer IR-9 centrifuges that can enrich uranium at five times the IR-6 centrifuge currently operated. That's how the official news agency Irena said.

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This technical upgrade is expected to replace the IR-6 centrifuges, which already enrich uranium at ten times the first-generation IR, and their operation itself constituted a significant breach of the Iran-Powers agreement. The same agreement was signed by the United States led by President Donald Trump. Remember, in early November, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran had ordered it to install one elaborate IR-9 centrifuge, and Iran now appears to be planning many such facilities.

Uranium enrichment plant in Iran // Photo: IPA

This is not the first or second violation of the agreement, because Iran has already enriched uranium to levels higher than 3.67 percent agreed with the powers, and it has long since exceeded the amount of uranium it holds for research and production of 300 kilograms.

In this respect, the current step is empowering the Islamic Republic's ability to step forward toward enriching military-grade ornaments, and will shorten the atomic bomb preparation process once it decides.

IR-6 centrifuges // Photo: Reuters

So far, Tehran has denied that it intended, but today it seems to be close to nine months to a year to make such a bomb. Earlier this month, British and German ambassadors noted that their countries were concerned about Tehran's intercontinental missile project, missiles that could cover many targets even beyond the Middle East. The ambassadors noted that the Iranian missile project "with ballistic and nuclear capabilities does not align with UN resolutions on the issue."

At the same time, it should be noted that during the conference in the capital of Malaysia, in addition to the senior Iranian delegation, the Hamas delegation, which included Musa Abu Marzuk, Khalil al-Khaya and Husam Badran, was also present. The evidence from the incident was notable in the absence of the head of the political bureau in the terrorist organization, Ismail Haniyeh.

Dawn Kleiman participated in the preparation of the news