(VOVworld) – Iran demanded increased uranium enrichment days before the resumption of thorny talks with world powers in Geneva.

The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi on December 9, 2014 in Tehran.  (Photo: Atta Kenare/ AFP)

Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said within eight years Iran will need 12 times more enriched uranium than at present. Salehi says that Western countries have rejected Iran’s demand and have asked Iran to reduce its number of centrifuges.