Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday renewed his promise that Iranians would soon hear good news on Iran's nuclear success, the official IRNA news agency reported.

President Ahmadinejad on Sunday renewed his former statement on success of the nuclear program by saying that "the people will hear good news in this respect", IRNA said.

IRNA gave no more details about Ahmadinejad's remarks, but said that the president made the remarks at Abadan airport in the southwestern province of Khuzestan after he wrapped up his visit to the oil-rich province.

Addressing a mass rally in Tehran on Feb. 11 marking the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Ahmadinejad said that Tehran would make major announcements on its nuclear program by April 9.

Many observers had previously expected that Ahmadinejad would make a big announcement concerning Iran's nuclear progress during his Feb. 11 speech, probably Iran had started installing 3,000 centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear plant for enrichment program. However, the president did not make such an announcement.

According to IRNA, Iranian nuclear program is currently at research and development level to produce fuel for the power plants, primary stage of which needs commissioning of at least 1,000 centrifuges.

Iran has planned to establish 20 nuclear power plants with total capacity of 20,000 megawatts by 2015 to meet the growing demand for electricity, IRNA said.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on March 24 a new resolution with tougher sanctions to pressure Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities.

Iran has refused to heed the Security Council's demand, insisting that its nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes only.

The United States and some other Western countries have accused Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of its civilian nuclear programs.