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Ahmadinejad: Israel too 'weak' to attack Iran 
Aims to have 100,000 centrifuges to produce concentrated uranium

Iran plans to use 100,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium as part of its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.

Iran ``aims to have 100,000 centrifuges,'' the state-run Iranian Students News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. ``God willing, Iran will meet its nuclear fuel needs by next year.''

Ahmadinejad announced last week that Iran was planning to install up to 60,000 centrifuges, Agence France-Presse reported. The devices produce concentrated uranium, which can be used in nuclear reactors or weapons.

The U.S. suspects that the Iranian drive to produce enriched uranium is a precursor to building a bomb, in contravention of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which Iran is a signatory. Iran says the fuel is needed to generate electricity. The United Nations Security Council in July ordered Iran to stop enrichment, a request ignored by the oil-rich country.

Ahmadinejad, speaking during a visit to the Tehran offices of state-run television, dismissed reports of possible Israeli strikes against Iran as ``media warfare,'' ISNA reported.

``The Israeli regime will presently not attack Iran because it faces many problems'' and is currently ``weak,'' said Ahmadinejad, pronounced ah-ma-deen-ah-ZHAD.

The Iranian president has called for Israel's destruction and expressed doubts about the scope of the World War II Holocaust.