Nuke Chief Says Iran Has New Generation Of Centrifuges

Ali Akbar Salehi is Iran's new atomic-energy chief and a former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran has built a new generation of centrifuges which are currently undergoing technical tests, the new head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, has said.

"Iranian scientists have made new generation centrifuges that are currently undergoing necessary tests," he told a news conference, according to the official news agency IRNA.