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By REUTERS

TEHRAN – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would soon announce “very important” achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported.

He was speaking on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Tens of thousands of Iranians joined state-organized rallies across the country to mark the occasion.

Demonstrators carrying Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”

“In the coming days the world will witness Iran’s announcement of its very important and very major nuclear achievements,” Ahmadinejad told a crowd at Tehran’s Azadi (Freedom) Square in a speech relayed live on state television.

He gave no details.

On Friday, Iran pledged to back Palestinian resistance against Israel, saying “soon the Zionist regime will be punished for its plots and aggression,” AFP reported Iran’s first vice-president Mohammad Reza Rahimi as saying.

Rahimi made the remarks to visiting Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who arrived Friday for three-day trip.

“Iran will not retreat one iota from its position on defending the rights of the Palestinian people,” AFP quoted Rahimi as saying.

Haniyeh arrived in Tehran Friday afternoon, where he was welcomed at Mehrabad International Airport by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Salehi.

On the agenda for Haniyeh’s visit was to meet with Iranian officials and “review regional developments,” Iran’s Fars news agency reported.

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