Article: Iran has 4,000 working centrifuges: official

Iran has 4,000 working centrifuges: official

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali- Reza Sheikh Attar said that Iran has almost 4,000 centrifuges operating in Natanz enrichment facilities, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.

Attar said that 3,000 more centrifuges are in the stage of installation, after visiting Natanz enrichment facilities on Aug. 19.

"Had westerners become certain that the resolutions would bring us down to our kneels, they would have definitely intensified them (the sanctions)," Attar was quoted as saying, referring to the UN Security Council's anti-Iran resolutions.

The sanctions are futile and ineffective, he added, saying that ...

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