Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday hailed the recent achievements made in the country's nuclear program.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils the first sample of the third generation of centrifuges during a ceremony marking Iran's annual National Nuclear Day in Tehran, capital of Iran, April 9, 2010. [Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua]

In a ceremony held in Tehran marking Iran's annual National Nuclear Day and broadcast live from the state TV, Ahmadinejad unveiled the first sample of the third generation of centrifuges.

Ahmadinejad said that Iran has full access to nuclear technology and in the near future will turn into an exporter of the technology, according to the official IRNA news agency.

"Today in the field of nuclear energy we have reached the point that no power can impede progress of Iranian nation and their full and peaceful use of the clean energy," he was quoted as saying.

Earlier in the day, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi, who is also Iran's vice president, said that Iran has designed the third generation of centrifuges and they have passed mechanical tests.

The new generation of centrifuges have a separation power six times that of the first generation, said Salehi.