Via MEMRI via Is Iran's Fist Still Clenched?

Parviz Davoudi, deputy to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated that Iran currently has over 12,000 centrifuges in operation, and that the Zionist regime has no answer to the Iranian Sajil-2 missile. Davoudi added that Iran has a presence in the West, in America and in Latin America, and that undermining its regime would destabilize the region and the entire world.

It's OK though, because a few months ago Gates said Iran was nowhere close to getting a bomb and Clinton expressed herself skeptical about Iranian nuclear strides:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday expressed skepticism about Iranian claims of new advances in its uranium enrichment program. But she said the claims underscore the need for Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and return to negotiations on its nuclear program. The Iranian claims of major advances in its nuclear program came only a day after the Obama administration said it was ready to reverse previous U.S. policy and directly engage Iran over the issue. But in a talk with reporters, Clinton declined to call the Iranian statements a rebuff to the U.S. overture and also expressed some skepticism that Tehran has actually made enrichment gains.

Since there's no way they've made that much progress in the intervening months, they're probably just making this up.

References:
* Ahmadinejad's Deputy: We Have 12,000 Centrifuges in Operation [MEMRIBlog]
* Clenched With 12,000 Operating Centrifuges [Is Iran's Fist Still Clenched?]
* Gates: Iran 'not close' to nuclear weapon [YNet]
* Clinton Skeptical About Claimed Iranian Nuclear Strides [VOA News]

Previously:
* Purdue Nuclear Strategy Expert: Bomb Iran Now
* Gates: Israeli Attack On Iran's Nukes Will Cause Iran To Pursue Nukes, Detonate US-Israeli Relations
* Israeli Military Intel: Iran "Halfway" Toward Nuclear Weapon (Plus: Syria, Hezbollah, And Hamas All The Way Toward Every Other Kind Of Weapon)