lead to weapons of mass destruction. ivan watson joins us with tonight s raw politics. ivan? hi, anderson. this is the official version of what happened today in downtown tehran. hundreds of thousands of people, flag-waving crowds supporting the government. president mahmoud ahmadinejad giving a speech praising achievements of iran since the 1979 revolution in iran. and then basically here is what the government media had to say about the opposition which was also calling for competing rallies on the same day. a few hundred supporters of iran s defeated presidential candidates have rallied in the capital tehran. supporters of mir hossein mousavi gathered in western tehran district. police stepped up security in the area to prevent possible disturbances. now, anderson, this is what the government did not want you to see. internet videos smuggled out by activists risking their necks to take these pictures.
pictures of security forces beating a shirtless man, punching him in the head on the side of the street. we saw tear gas fired into crowds of opposition demonstrators who were chanting death to the dictator. and huge groups of security forces out in the streets, clearly intimidating anybody who tried to disagree with the government on this the 31st anniversary of the establishment of the islamic republic of iran. anderson? it s interesting to hear the official state media s reporting on it and to see other images. beyond the protests, though, what caught the attention of the white house was what the president ahmadinejad said about iran s nuclear program. what s the latest on that? he called one of the big achievements that he said that iran had accomplished becoming a nuclear nation. because for the first time it had developed 20% enriched uranium. what he said is necessary for scientific or medical needs. you need up to 90% for a weapon.
already we re hearing from the white house, from the white house spokesman some doubts whether iran could really pull that off in just a few short days. let s listen to what the white house had to say. he says many things and many of them turn out to be untrue. we do not believe they have the capability to enrich to the degree to which they now say they are enriching. the debate over iran s controversial nuclear program, far from over, anderson. all right. ivan, thanks for that. if you want to it s interesting trying to figure out the power dynamic inside iran. we think mahmoud ahmadinejad is the most powerful guy in iran. he s not. go to ac 360.com if you want an explanation of iran s power structure. we re following important stories. candy crowley has a 360 news and business bulletin. candy? a suicide bombing on a u.s. base in eastern afghanistan has in fact killed some americans, wounding, sorry, five american soldiers. the attacker detonated the bomb in the base s slee
we saw tear gas fired into crowds of opposition demonstrators who were chanting death to the dictator. and huge groups of security forces out in the streets, clearly intimidating anybody who tried to disagree with the government on this the 31st anniversary of the establishment of the islamic republic of iran. anderson? it s interesting to hear the official state media s reporting on it and to see other images. beyond the protests, though, what caught the attention of the white house was what the president ahmadinejad said about iran s nuclear program. what s the latest on that? he called one of the big achievements that he said that iran had accomplished becoming a nuclear nation. because for the first time it had developed 20% enriched uranium. what he said is necessary for scientific or medical needs. you need up to 90% for a weapon. already we re hearing from the white house, from the white house spokesman some doubts whether iran could really pull that off in just a few shor
he says many things and many of them turn out to be untrue. we do not believe they have the capability to enrich to the degree to which they now say they are enriching. the debate over iran s controversial nuclear program, far from over, anderson. all right. ivan, thanks for that. if you want to it s interesting trying to figure out the power dynamic inside iran. we think mahmoud ahmadinejad is the most powerful guy in iran. he s not. go to ac 360.com if you want an explanation of iran s power structure. we re following important stories. candy crowley has a 360 news and business bulletin. candy? a suicide bombing on a u.s. base in eastern afghanistan has in fact killed some americans, wounding, sorry, five american soldiers. the attacker detonated the bomb in the base s sleeping area and reportedly was wearing an afghan police uniform. late word tonight, anderson, about patrick kennedy.