Iran's 'Punch' On Iran's February 11 Anniversary is it's 'National Solidarity' and Ahmadinejad's Newly Announced Nuclear State

by the Left Coast Rebel

The Iran 'punch' heard around the world is what state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) is calling Iran's 'national solidarity' and crushing response to enemies. Details on just what this means? Reuters has this:

Ahmadinejad told a vast, flag-waving crowd of government supporters that Iran was now able to enrich uranium to more than 80 percent purity, coming close to levels experts say would be needed for a nuclear bomb, although he again denied it had any such intention.

“The Iranian nation is brave enough that if one day we wanted to build nuclear bombs we would announce it publicly without being afraid of you,” Ahmadinejad said, addressing Iran’s Western enemies.

But he told the crowd in Azadi (Freedom) Square: “When we say that we don’t build nuclear bombs, it means that we won’t do that because we don’t believe in having it.”

Information on protests on the February 11 anniversary are hard to come by, the Iran state press outlets are silent on them but mention 'tens of millions' rallying in favor of the revolution. UK's DailyMail has the best coverage of both the protests and Iran state event along with many pictures. Matthew Weaver at the Guardian is doing a live blog of the protests too.

Obama's dithering and the world blinks. Here's what the Iranian regimen really thinks of Obama: