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Iran exaggerating progress, Israel says
Feb 16, 2012, 8:34 GMT
Tel Aviv - Iran was exaggerating progress made in its nuclear programme to make the world believe it was too late to stop it, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday.
'Yesterday's show was really just a show, both for the Iranians themselves, to strengthen their spirits, and for the entire world,' Barak told Israel Radio.
'They are boasting achievements that aren't there yet. They are talking about a third and fourth generation of centrifuges. I think they still have a lot to do with the second generation, let alone with the third,' he said.
The world could not afford to ignore the considerable progress Iran had made and must intensify sanctions against Tehran, the minister said, stressing however that Iran had not yet reached the point of no return.
'They are presenting a situation that is better and more advanced than they really are in, in order to create a feeling with all players that in fact the point of no return is already behind them, which is not the case,' he said.
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