Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran Needs 19 Times more Nuclear Centrifuges than US Wants

(AFP) Iran will need 19 times more nuclear centrifuges than Washington is seeking to restrict it to in a long-term deal with major powers, its supreme leader said on Tuesday.

Uranium enrichment is the sensitive process at the heart of talks between Iran and the powers in Vienna that can produce fuel for nuclear powers stations or, in highly extended form, the core of an atomic bomb.