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The declassified version of the US National Intelligence Estimate stated Iran halted its military nuclear weapons program in 2003 and will not be able to produce enough enriched uranium for a bomb until 2010 to 2015. Iran still maintains the capacity to switch its program from civilian to military use. Read the full report [PDF.]

Iran said sanctions will not stop it from pursuing its nuclear program. Four were wounded in a bomb blast outside an insurance company in the western province of Kurdistan.

The Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) has won an appeal in British courts to be removed from the terrorism watchlist. Talks between the European Union and Iran over the nuclear program have broken down. The IAEA approved Russian nuclear fuel for the Bushehr plant. Two Iranian subs have been spotted in the Persian Gulf.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps is now in control of operations in the Persian Gulf. Iran claims to have built a sonar-avoiding submarine. President Ahmadinejad said the IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear program was a victory for the country.

The US commander in Sadr City said Iran is still supporting the Qods Force-backed Special Groups cells. Iran has produced its first batch of nuclear fuel pellets while the IAEA “is not able to confirm that Iran’s nuclear work is entirely peaceful.” An Iranian Air Force F-4 fighter crashed in the Sea of Oman.

Over 300,000 southern Iraqi Shiites signed a petition condemning Iran for fomenting violence in Iraq. The commander of Multinational Division Central still sees Iranian influence in central Iraq. The US and European Union urge further sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program.