Iran boasts ahead of joining nuclear club

IRAN has successfully enriched uranium for the first time and its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country "will soon join the club of countries possessing nuclear technology".

Speaking to a crowd in north-eastern Iran, Mr Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying: "Enemies can't dissuade the Iranian nation from the path of progress that it has chosen."

Earlier, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani said Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time, a major development in its quest to develop nuclear fuel.