Iran to announce nuclear progress - Ahmadinejad

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(Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported.

He was speaking on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Tens of thousands of Iranians joined state-organised rallies across the country to mark the occasion.

Demonstrators carrying Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America."

"In the coming days the world will witness Iran's announcement of its very important and very major nuclear achievements," Ahmadinejad told a crowd at Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square in a speech relayed live on state television.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/11/uk-iran-nuclear-ahmadinejad-idUKTRE81A06H20120211

[naragdaban]

1. Iran should be allowed to develop nuclear technology, as long as it is for peaceful purposes only.

Iran should be allowed to develop nuclear technology, as long as it is for peaceful purposes only. Unfortunately US policy is also partly to blame for the situation. If the Iranians do want nuclear power it is almost certainly because they are surrounded by US bases, and close to nuclear-equipped nations like India.

If we are to criticize Iran, which has signed the NPT for its nuclear program and allows regular inspections, then we should apply the same standards to other nations as well, in particular a country which calls itself our closest ally.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Israel is NOT a member of the NPT.

I think it is stupid and hypocritical for people to only want to hold Iran responsible for their NPT signing, if Israel is held to the same treaty standards.