[Times-UK] David Byers - President Ahmadinejad of Iran claimed Wednesday that his country had developed 3,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium - a sufficient number, according to scientists, to allow it to build an atomic bomb within a year. Ahmadinejad vowed to continue ignoring UN Security Council resolutions to stop Iran's nuclear program, claiming that "the Iranian nation could not care less" about two rounds of sanctions that had been imposed. Western experts say that, in ideal conditions, Iran's 3,000 centrifuges could enrich enough uranium within a year to make a nuclear warhead.
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