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Iran to announce nuclear breakthrough

TEHRAN: Iran has made fresh achievements in its peaceful nuclear activities and will soon announce them, government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said on Friday.

According to the official IRNA news agency, Mr. Elham said Iran had also achieved progress in other areas of science and technology. He did not give the date of announcement.

On Wednesday, the semi-official Mehr news agency said Iran would soon announce an atomic breakthrough, which came one day after Tehran gave a response to a six-nation package aimed at resolving the nuclear issue.

``This great scientific achievement is the result of a long-term research project ... A top official will formally make the announcement,'' Mehr quoted an unidentified source as saying. ``The announcement will highlight Iran's mastery of different areas in nuclear science and will reinforce Iran's position as a nuclear country,'' it said. — Xinhua

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