On December 18, MEMRI reported that Iranian spokesman Gholam-Hussein Elham said the Iranian nation would celebrate a nuclear victory during the Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies. IRNA has just reported that addressing a crowd of residents in Kangavar province in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also declared that they would celebrate the success of the nuclear program during the Ten Day Dawn.

"Do not create problems for the Iranian nation because this great and united nation will thwart all your plots and it is only one step away from success."

At a public meeting at Shahada Stadium in Harsin, he reiterated:

(note: There is a discrepancy on IRNA's website listing the Ten Day Dawn as February 1-11 in one place and Feruary 11-20 in another)