Iran nuclear claim met by skepticism

Iran declares two key ‘achievements’ in its nuclear research program, but U.S. and other Western officials downplay the significance.

Iran on Wednesday heralded what it called a pair of significant advances in its controversial nuclear research efforts, but Western observers generally downplayed the developments as more hype than substance.

from By Patrick J. McDonnell and Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times

via http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-iran-nuclear-20120216,0,1784406.story?track=rss