Iran’s Nuclear Technology Progress Unstoppable: Eslami

Addressing an event in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, Eslami took a swipe at the hegemonic powers for their attempts to limit the developing countries’ access to advanced technologies, specifically the nuclear technology.

Highlighting Iran’s advancement in nuclear science with persistence and endeavor, he stated, “Iran’s nuclear technology would never be limited.”

Eslami noted that Iran will rise to all challenges and achieve more success, pointing to the export of Iranian heavy water to the international markets.

In comments in May, Eslami had said that the heavy water produced in Iran is among the highest-quality compounds in the world.

Only a few countries are capable of producing heavy water, he added, noting that Iran uses heavy water and its derivatives for research and development in the pharmaceutical industry and other sectors.

Heavy water is chemically the same as normal water, but where the hydrogen atoms are of the heavy isotope deuterium, in which the nucleus contains a neutron in addition to the proton found normally. It can be used to turn natural uranium into plutonium.