Ahmadenijad: Iran Is Now A "Nuclear State" Having Capability To Produce Weapons Grade Uranium

The MailOnline reports that "Iran is now a 'nuclear state', President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced this morning. He spoke as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Tehran to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Despite fears of violence, opposition supporters found themselves largely overwhelmed by the clerical regime and pro-government demonstrators. The massive security clampdown appeared to succeed in preventing protesters from converging into a cohesive demonstrations. Large numbers of riot police, members of the Revolutionary Guard and Basij militiamen, some on motorcycles, deployed in back streets near key squares and major avenues in the capital to move against protesters. This morning Ahmadinejad told scores of cheering Iranians that the Islamic Republic is capable of producing weapons-grade uranium."

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency points out that the announcement from the Iranian President that it has produced its first highly enriched uranium comes only "a day after he said that Israel must be finished off 'once and for all.' Ahmadinejad announced Thursday the successful production of Iran's first package of highly enriched uranium, two days after he ordered the processing to begin. The president of the Islamic Republic told the country on live television Thursday that Iran had become a nuclear state. He added, however, that the country is not building nuclear weapons...The announcement came a day after Ahmadinejad told Syrian President Bashar Assad in a phone conversation reported by Reuters citing Iran's state broadcaster that 'If the Zionist regime should repeat its mistakes and initiate a military operation, then it must be resisted with full force to put an end to it once and for all.'"
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