The Obama administration has dismissed Iranian claims to having produced its first stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium. Declaring Iran a “nuclear state,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the claim Thursday at a rally marking the thirty-first anniversary of the Iranian revolution. But UN inspectors have concluded Iran is experiencing major setbacks in its uranium program. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs cast doubt on Ahmadinejad’s claims.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “We do not believe they [Iran] have the capability to enrich to the degree to which they now say they are enriching.”