Tehran, Sept 16, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said here on Wednesday that employing IR-8, the latest generation of centrifuges, is one of the achievements of his administration.

Rouhani made the remarks in the first gathering of knowledge-based companies in the field of health.

'Tehran and global powers discussed several months on IR8,' he said, adding the other party was insisting on continuation of Iran's nuclear enrichment working with centrifuges of generations IR1 to IR6.

'All the cues and cries were aimed at stopping Iran's centrifuge activities and putting them away for eight years,' President Rouhani added.

The first gathering of knowledge-based companies in the field of health inaugurated in the presence of President Rouhani on Wednesday morning.

Several high-ranking Iranian officials were accompanying President Rouhani during the gathering.

By IRNA