Iran is Now a Nuclear State?

The Iranian regime promised a big announcement today, to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, and they delivered, sort of.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Thursday that Iran has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level, saying his country will not be bullied by the West into curtailing its nuclear program a day after the U.S. imposed new sanctions.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated to hundreds of thousands of cheering Iranians on the anniversary of the 1979 foundation of the Islamic republic that the country was now a "nuclear state," an announcement he's made before. He insisted that Iran had no intention of building nuclear weapons.

This is still not nearly enough to produce a nuclear bomb. It's also not verified. More than that, if their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, I'm not sure why this announcement needs to be made.