VIENNA, February 2. /TASS/. Iran has launched advanced centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility, Iranian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

According to him, "two cascades of 348 IR2m centrifuges with almost four times the capacity of IR1 are now running with UF6 successfully in Natanz." "Installation of two cascades of IR6 centrifuges has also been started in Fordow. There's more to come soon," the envoy added. "The IAEA [the International Atomic Energy Agency] is yet able to verify and is informed of the progress as planned," Gharibabadi emphasized.

On January 13, the Iranian envoy announced the start of "activities related to the design of an improved type of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor." According to him, "natural uranium will be used to produce uranium metal in the first stage."