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| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that a US report on Tehran's nuclear programme is a "great victory". | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that a US report on Tehran's nuclear programme is a "great victory". |
| He said in a televised speech that Iran would not retreat from its path towards a peaceful atomic programme. | He said in a televised speech that Iran would not retreat from its path towards a peaceful atomic programme. |
| The US intelligence report released on Monday said that Iran had halted a nuclear weapons programme in 2003. | The US intelligence report released on Monday said that Iran had halted a nuclear weapons programme in 2003. |
| The US and its European allies are still pushing for sanctions but China has said the report raises questions about the need for new measures. | |
| Uranium enrichment | |
| Mr Ahmadinejad made his televised speech in front of thousands of people during a visit to Ilam province in western Iran. | |
| He said: "This report... is announcing a victory for the Iranian nation in the nuclear issue against all international powers." | |
| The US National Intelligence Estimate report had said with "high confidence" that it believed Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, but that it was continuing to enrich uranium. | |
| US President George W Bush said on Tuesday that Iran remained a threat and his view that a nuclear Iran would be a danger "hasn't changed". | |
| However, China's ambassador to the UN, Wang Guangya, said "things have changed" and the push for new sanctions would need to be questioned. |