Press TV- Iran is preparing to inject uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into a brand new Iran-made centrifuge machine, known as IR8, in the near future, Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Asghar Zarean said.


MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Zarean emphasized that this development will increase Iran�s capability to�enrich uranium, and remind world powers of�how the nation�s capability to�replace old centrifuge machines with�new ones may also be reflected in�their potential capacity to�replace their nuclear program should the 2015 nuclear agreement be violated.


"The mechanical tests of�IR8 machine which has been made by�Iranian experts and is fully indigenized have ended and we will inject uranium gas into�a single machine within�the framework of�the nuclear deal in�Natanz and under�the supervision of�the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in�the very near�future," Zarean said on�Wednesday, as�quoted by�the Fars News Agency.

On July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5 + 1 group of�countries (comprising Russia, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Germany) signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of�Action (JCPOA) to�ensure the peaceful nature of�Iran�s nuclear program. Under this agreement, Iran stated that it would not further seek to�develop or acquire nuclear weapons in�exchange for�the lifting of�sanctions imposed against�Iran.