Number of Iranian centrifuges is agreed in Lausanne

At the Lausanne negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program consensus was reached on the number of centrifuges that Iran is allowed to have, the participants in the negotiations report.

"Iran has agreed to retain possession of no more than 6 thousand gas centrifuges used to enrich uranium," TASS quotes them as saying.

Prior to this, the Iranian side insisted on the right to have up to 10 thousand such devices, including its nuclear facility at Fordo.

Diplomats agreed that the centrifuge will be used only for the production of isotopes for scientific and medical purposes, and their limited number - even if they reverse the conversion - will not allow Iran to obtain the necessary amount of material for a nuclear weapon earlier than a year after.