Iran says it is making progress with its controversial nuclear programme. Speaking in Tehran, Iran's Nuclear chief, Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, said over 5,000 centrifuges were now actively running at the country's uranium enrichment plant. At the end of August, Iran said it was operating about 4,000 centrifuges and planning to instal several thousand more. Aghazadeh also said Iran had made good progress in constructing a 40 Megawatt heavy-water reactor near Arak. Iran is already under three sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its refusal to freeze enrichment. Western powers, led by the United States, suspect the nuclear programme is a cover for producing nuclear weapons. Iran has repeatedly denied the allegation and insists its programme is designed to generate electricity.
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