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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61A5CJ20100211
U.S. Dismisses Iranian Uranium Enrichment Claims
(Reuters) Washington on Thursday dismissed Iranian claims of a leap forward in uranium enrichment. Iranian President Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iran was able to enrich uranium to more than 80% purity, and that Iran had produced its first batch of higher-enriched uranium fuel. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs rejected Ahmadinejad's assertions, saying Iran had "made a series of statements that are...based on politics not on physics....The Iranian nuclear program has undergone a series of problems throughout the year. Quite frankly what Ahmadinejad says...he says many things and many of them turn out to be untrue....We do not believe they have the capability to enrich to the degree to which they now say they are enriching."