Paul over at TotalWonkerr further doubts that the Iranians have installed 3,000 centrifuges, citing comments by ElBaradei and Aqazadeh:
- IAEA DG ElBaradei told Reuters that Iran “is still going ahead … with the goal of having 54,000 centrifuges. Now it is still at the hundreds stage…”
- AEOI’s Aqazadeh says that he “didn’t give a number on purpose” … and was “worried that if mention was made of the number of centrifuges, some ambiguities would arise regarding whether we planned to only install 3000 centrifuges or more.”
Paul concludes where I do—- that “As far as I can tell, the term [“industrial stage”] means that Iran is proceeding with plans to install 50K+ centrifuges. That was, of course, already Tehran’s declared policy.”
Paul also has some iTunes advice, noting Iran’s very different take on “industrial” music.