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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran to Announce Nuclear “Breakthrough”

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) delivers a speech as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, listens on during a meeting in Tehran. World powers were studying their options after Iran responded to an offer aimed at ending a nuclear crisis, with France insisting future talks would be dependent on Tehran first freezing sensitive atomic work.

AFP: Iran to announce nuclear ‘breakthrough’

Iran will soon announce an atomic breakthrough, the semi-official Mehr news agency has reported, a day after the country responded to an offer aimed at resolving a nuclear standoff.

“This great scientific achievement is the fruit of a long-term research project … It will be formally announced by a top official,” Mehr quoted an informed source as saying Wednesday.

“The announcement will highlight Iran’s mastery of different areas in nuclear science and will reinforce Iran’s position as a nuclear country,” the report said.

Amid a fanfare of publicity, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in April that Iran had successfully enriched uranium to 3.5 percent and mastered the nuclear fuel cycle.

The United States suspects Iran is using a civilian nuclear programme to secretly develop atomic weapons, but Tehran says it only wants to produce electricity.

Flap bets Iran announces a more successful enrichment of uranium. When?

Probably August 31 – the deadline the United Nations Security Council dictated to Iran to halt all uranium enrichment.

In the meantime, the United States has replied to Iran’s answer to the P-5-Plus-1 of yesterday.

The United States said on Wednesday that Iran’s response to a package of incentives offered by world powers fell “far short” of what was demanded by a U.N. Security Council resolution.

In the first U.S. response to Iran’s reply, State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said the United States was consulting closely with other members of the Security Council over what next steps to take following Iran’s response.

And what will happen next?

NOTHING

But, when THE POINT OF NO RETURN is reached the United States WILL take unilateral military action.

Stay tuned…..

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.


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