Iran Is Now A ‘nuclear state’ Says Ahmadinejad

Iran is now a ‘nuclear state’ says Ahmadinejad as thousands take to the streets
Daily Mail.co.uk
* Gordon Brown: The world’s patience is wearing thin
* Security forces fire tear gas and paint balls on opposition protesters
* Internet connections attacked in Tehran as regime tries to foil opposition
* Opposition leader attacked
Iran is now a ‘nuclear state’, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced this morning.
As Gordon Brown warned that the world’s patience is wearing thin, Ahmadinejad told scores of cheering Iranians that the Islamic Republic is capable of producing weapons-grade uranium.
He spoke as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Tehran to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

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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.

He said it had produced its first batch of 20 per cent enriched uranium – and had the capability to enrich to far higher levels at its Natanz plant.

Enriching uranium produces fuel for a nuclear power plants but can also be used to create material for atomic weapons.
The international community has warned Iran against further enrichment activities, threatening new UN sanctions.
Today Gordon Brown again reiterated the threat of sanctions.

‘I believe the mood around the world is now increasingly one where, patience not being inexhaustible, people are turning to look at the specific sanctions we can plan on Iran,’ Mr Brown said.

‘This is a critical time for Iran’s relationship with the rest of the world.’ MrBrown said the international community did not want to impose sanctions but would do so if Iran did not cooperate more fully over its nuclear plans

The Iranian leader insisted the material was not intended to produce an atomic bomb, however.

‘We have the capability to enrich uranium more than 20 percent or 80 percent (the level needed to create an atomic bomb),’ he said in a speech broadcast live on state television.

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Wild Thing’s comment…….
God bless John Bolton and Charles Krauthammer!!!
I guess someone should send Jimmy Carter a thank you note. The chickens of his disastrous presidency have now come home to roost.
And now Iran is a nuclear state, and Obama and his Administration think our biggest problem is getting a healthcare bill the public doesn’t want passed.

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….Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
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