It’s possibly related to this:
Iran Has Nuclear Warhead, Says Soviet Physicist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2445819/posts
An EMP bomb is hard to build and deliver, but if they’ve got the triggers they needed, Iran could have built a nuclear bomb. All they have to do is trigger a decent size nuke in low orbit, and it would cause havoc. Of course, they’d have to make a big enough splash to totally cripple us, or they’d be signing a death warrant, so I doubt they’d hit the US. If they can take down Israel’s capabilities though, hit them fast and hard with help from enemies on the ground, they might try it.
That's part of the "events" I mentioned earlier. My guess is that they will declare themselves a "nuclear state". I sure hope I am wrong.