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Subscribe to RSSDiscriminatory implementation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has left many countries feeling that being a party to the anti-atom bomb pact hinders cooperation in the field atomic energy, Iran's U.N. ambassador said on Monday.
Western diplomats and analysts have long expressed concern that Iran might one day follow North Korea's example and pull out of the NPT and produce a bomb. North Korea withdrew from the treaty in 2003 and tested nuclear devices in 2006 and 2009.
Speaking at a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee sought to assure countries that despite Tehran's reservations about the way the treaty is enforced, Iran does not plan to pull out.
"Iran ... is fully committed to its legal obligations, and its nuclear activities are, and have always been, exclusively for peaceful purposes," Khazaee said. He added that Tehran considers development of the full nuclear fuel cycle an "inalienable right" under the NPT.
Western intelligence sees 'small signs of wavering' on Iran nuclear policy
Western powers and their allies fear Iran is amassing the capability to produce atomic weapons, an allegation Tehran rejects. The Security Council has imposed four rounds of sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt nuclear-fuel work, but Tehran has pressed ahead with uranium enrichment.
In an attempt to convey what he sees as a threat to Israel's existence, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a cartoon to illustrate how close he says Iran is to developing a nuclear weapon. In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly he asked the world to help stop them. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
Khazaee accused the United States, Britain and France of supplying Israel - which is not a party to the 1970 treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear arms and is widely assumed to be the Middle East's sole nuclear power -- with atomic "assistance and cooperation."
"The application of a discriminatory, selective, highly restrictive and politically motivated approach in nuclear cooperation ... has given rise to this impression that being an NPT party is not a privilege, because rather than facilitating, it impedes nuclear cooperation," he said.
Israel neither confirms nor denies having nuclear arms.
Nuclear discrimination?
In a written message to the 193-nation assembly, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano reiterated his oft-stated concerns about the agency's decade-long probe of Iran's nuclear program.
"Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable us to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities," his statement said. "Therefore, we cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities."
At schools, in shops, and on the streets of big cities and small towns, daily life plays out in Iran.
Some analysts agree the non-proliferation regime is discriminatory, since the five permanent U.N. Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- are all permitted to maintain nuclear arsenals, although they have pledged under the NPT to negotiate on eradicating such arms.
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Russia and the United States, which possess the bulk of the world's nuclear weapons, have reduced the size of their atomic arsenals, although both still possess thousands of warheads. None of the other five permanent members has yet given up their capability.
The NPT bars non-nuclear weapons states from developing or acquiring them.
The IAEA statement expressed similar frustrations about the agency's investigations into North Korea and Syria. It said Pyongyang's statements about uranium enrichment and construction of a light-water reactor were "deeply troubling."
In a typically fiery speech, North Korea's deputy U.N. envoy Ri Tong Il told the assembly the IAEA was irrelevant to the situation in Asia because the agency was a puppet of Washington.
"The situation on the Korean peninsula is on the brink of explosion and nobody knows when the war will break out," he said, adding that the United States and South Korea were to blame. He said six-party aid-for-disarmament talks with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea were nearly "dead."
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North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors at the end of 2002 when it restarted its mothballed Yongbyon nuclear facilities.
Pakistan, which like its neighbor India has nuclear arms but is not a member of the NPT, also complained to the General Assembly about the discriminatory way in which atomic technology is made available to some states, but not others.
"Pakistan believes in an equitable, non-discriminatory and criteria-based approach to advance the universally shared goals of non-proliferation and promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy," Pakistani Ambassador Masood Khan said.
Pakistan, which was embarrassed after it was revealed in 2003 that Pakistani technology had been sold to both Iran and North Korea, has long been irritated by a bilateral U.S.-India deal on the transfer of civilian nuclear technology to India.
That agreement went against a long tradition according to which countries producing nuclear technology pledged not to supply atomic equipment to states outside the NPT, or to treaty signatories in violation of it.
Frustrated by its status as a nuclear pariah, Pakistan has been turning to China for nuclear cooperation.
The IAEA statement also said that the agency continued to have questions about a site in Syria's desert Deir al-Zor region that U.S. intelligence reports say was a nascent, North Korean-designed reactor designed to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons before Israel bombed it in 2007.
Amano's statement reiterated his request for information about Deir al-Zor, which Syria says was a conventional military site, and other locations in Syria.
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Whomever is not surprised, don't raise your hand.
lol you beat me to it...
Please don't try to use "whom" if you don't know how. It just looks like you're trying too hard.
@wisconsin dad ;
You said it. Shocker! lol
This report should not surprise anyone. This has been a recurring theme with the Iranians. They have repeatedly failed to allow unfettered access to their nuclear facilities for purposes of IAEA inspections. Then every time it looks like it is coming to the brink of military action taking place the Iranians start making overtures about negotiating and reaching an agreement, but this is just part of their stalling tactics. They stall and stall on a date for the talks and then when the talks finally do occur all anyone hears from the Iranians is more of the same nonsense they have been spouting for years. They are just hoping they can continue to stall action until they have a working weapon. In the mean time they continue to enrich large quantities of uranium to a 20% enrichment level. This level is far above the 3-5% that is needed to fuel a commercial power reactor. This level of enrichment is only needed for two things, to power a medical research reactor and as a precursor to further enrichment to 90%+ weapons grade material. The Iranians already have enough uranium enriched to this 20% level to power a whole slew of medical reactors when they are only building one. This makes it pretty clear what they ae doing. They are stockpiling 20% enriched material so that they can rapidly produce weapons grade material when they are ready. This is also borne out by the fact that they continue to install ever larger quantities of advanced centrifuges in their hardened Fordo facility, whose real purpose is to take the 20% enriched material up to weapons grade. This, coupled with their refusal to allow IAEA inspections of some of their nuclear sites makes it pretty clear that they are pursuing weapons. The only way Iran can avoid military action at this point is to halt all enrichment activities and open all of their nuclear facilities up to IAEA inspection without any notice required. This is something they are never going to agree to and all this talking and all the sanctions are not going to stop them in their quest for nuclear weapons. You would have to be blind or totally naive to think that this is going to end with anything other than either a nuclear test detonation in Iran or the Iranian nuclear facilities being completely destroyed by military strikes. This latest nonsense about talks is just their latest attempt to stall so that they achieve the former (a successful nuclear test) before the latter (destruction of their facilities) occurs. I wish there was a third choice because I do not relish the idea of the west having to bomb Iran, but I really do not see the Iranians giving us any other choice if we want to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons.
I'm sitting on my hand. Why does this surprise anyone. These towel heads only understand one thing that is we need to send in a few drones and show them we are not "Pussy footing' round with hse jerks anymore. Why are we so stupid in dealing whith them in a ratinoal way. Thesew towel heads would use a nuke on new York...in a new York minute. We need to stop them in their tracks...NOW.... BOOM BOOM!!!!!!!!!
During ,the Clinton Administration, terrorist groups like Al Qaida did not feel threatened. They built the capabilities to carry out 911 shortly after Bush became President. Bush spent a huge amount of money to rebuild the military and intelligence abilities of the US, creating a large deficit. Clinton had inadvertently cut back on military and intelligence and therefore balanced the budget. Bush overspent and entered a war that should not have occurred (in retrospect, but at the time appeared more appropriate)
After 4 years of Obama, our enemies have strengthened and there is little restraint in places like Iran, N Korea and even in Russia's support of Syria. Unlike Clinton, Obama has failed to balance the budget and has put us in a very weak place both economically and internationally. Obama's success over Al Qaida Central has been good, but the real threat is from the Al Qaida franchises in Pakistan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
Frankly, I don't think McCain could have done much better. We need a president with the strength to take on these rogue nations and even advanced nations like Russia. Obama has just apologized and disassociated with our friends.
If Romney is elected, we will be at WAR with Iran before the year 2013 is over.
3score
You may be right. The Iranian situation is dire. But I prefer a war in Iran to a nuke on the East Coast of the US.
This report should not surprise anyone. This has been a recurring theme with the Israelis. They have repeatedly failed to allow unfettered access to their nuclear facilities for purposes of IAEA inspections. Then every time it looks like it is coming to the brink of military action taking place the Israelis start making overtures about negotiating and reaching an agreement, but this is just part of their stalling tactics. They stall and stall on a date for the talks and then when the talks finally do occur all anyone hears from the Israelis is more of the same nonsense they have been spouting for years. They stalled until they had over 100 working weapons. In the mean time they continue to enrich large quantities of uranium to a 90%+ enrichment level. This level is far above the 3-5% that is needed to fuel a commercial power reactor. This level of enrichment is only needed for two things, to power a medical research reactor and as a precursor to further enrichment to 90%+ weapons grade material. The Israelis already have enough uranium enriched to this 90% level to power a whole slew of medical reactors when they are only built one. This makes it pretty clear what they ae doing. They are stockpiling 90% enriched material so that they can rapidly produce more nuclear weapons when they are ready. This is also borne out by the fact that they continue to install ever larger quantities of advanced centrifuges in their hardened Dimona facility, whose real purpose is to make the 90% enriched material up to weapons grade. This, coupled with their refusal to allow IAEA inspections of some of their nuclear sites makes it pretty clear that they are pursuing weapons. The only way Israel can avoid military action at this point is to halt all enrichment activities and open all of their nuclear facilities up to IAEA inspection without any notice required. This is something they are never going to agree to and all this talking is not going to stop them in their quest for more nuclear weapons. You would have to be blind or totally naive to think that this is going to end with anything other than either a nuclear test detonation in Israel or the Israeli nuclear facilities being completely destroyed by Palestinian military strikes. This latest nonsense about talks is just their latest attempt to stall so that they achieve the former (a successful nuclear test) before the latter (destruction of their facilities) occurs. I wish there was a third choice because I do not relish the idea of the west having to bomb Israel, but I really do not see the Israelis giving us any other choice if we want to prevent them from getting more nuclear weapons
We know that when it comes to developing nukes the Irian government are just lying fellatori - it is time to arrange a small 'haxerdent' in their biggest enrichment facility using purloined Soviet weapons grade material (perhaps dlelivered by a drone) and then just LIE, and LIE, and LIE. Our State Department simply state that they doan know nuthin bout dat. The world will of course HOWL - most with laughter.
Why does NBC keep showing the young Iranian woman playing the guitar?.The beastly regime in Iran would take away her guitar,or even her life if she lifted even one finger or said one word against the Islamic terrorists who control her country.Iran is the biggest threat to the world since Nazi Germany.Only a strong military attaack can get rid of their nuke bombs.They´ve been lying for many years and most countries know it.Time to finish them off and SOON!!
The news will be when someone does something about it.
This is not news; we all should know that Amano was an underdog to become Inspector-General.
Now that he is their we get this constant repetition of old data and paranoia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/22/nuclear-watchdog-iran-iaea
Here is real news today about Israel's war aspirations of 2010.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/05/3901989/israeli-report-says-netanyahu.html
Of course NBC isn't interested in much that isn't government agenda.
Oy Vay, Ahmanutjob, let me splain it to you without all the usual rhetoric that accompanies diplomacy, cutting through the bullcrap: No one trusts you with the bomb. And stop trying to play us the fool by pretending there is any real reason for high enrichment other than the bomb.
Told my wife yesterday..we don't have to worry about our retirement if Romney is elected... we don't need it when we are dead.
I'm not sure why anyone thinks that a country that is being hammered by sanctions is going to do anything more than the minimum to meet their NPT obligations. They should just pull out, build a bomb and then they would have the same status as Israel.
Iraq's Saddam had huge number of WMDs before 2003 Iraqi war.
Before Saddam was defeated, he transferred most of the WMDs to Iran and some to North Korea!
Iran has every right to nuclear weapons, just like Pakistan, India, N.Korea and Israel.
And this is supposed to be a newsworthy surprise?
Yeah right, they all just disappeared like a fart in the wind. So now we can just go around the world attacking whoever we don't like saying the weapons went there, and then when we don't find them again we can attack the next country we don't like claiming they were again all transferred. That way we can just keep starting wars over and over.
The IAEA wants Iran to attempt tpo prove a negative. The IAEA has unfettered access to Iran's enrichment sites, which is all they are entitled to monitor.
For clowns on this forum to claim Iran has enough 20% enriched uranium is idiotic, becuse to clowns really don't have a clue on what Iran's requirements are or the amount already enriched.
All our intelligence agencies have concluded Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program. Here arew some comments from our intelligence leaders.
In a recent interview with CNN, Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey said
he believed the Iranian regime was a "rational actor" when it comes to the nuclear program. Dempsey said Iran would likely weigh the
ultimate costs and benefits of building a nuclear weapon before doing so. James
Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, recently told a Senate panel
that a decision had not yet been made by the regime in Tehran.
In summation, all you Zionist war mongers can shut the f up. No more wars for Israel.
@Jonathan,
The ONLY WMD's that Sadaam Hussein had were two trailers, designed and built by Bechtel (an American company) that were used to produce mustard gas for artillery shells and a binary nerve agent for bombs. These two trailers were given to Sadaam by Ronnie Reagan (along with a pair of solid gold spurs) as a "birthday present." Don Rumsfeld was the delivery boy.
These were given to Iraq because Sadaam was getting restless and doubting US support in the Iran-Iraq War because Reagan had sold C-130, F-15 and Hawk Missile parts (and major upgrades to the Hawk system) to the Iranians. That was Reagan's payment for the Iranians keeping the hostages until after he was elected. And the money from the sale was intended to go to the Nicaraguan Contras so they could buy cocaine, smuggle it into the USA and sell it for enough money to overthrow the local government. Jeb Bush was the "bag man." But it appears that Bush, Poindexter and North siphoned off most of the money and only about half ($116 million) made it to the Contras.
All the Iraqi WMDs, and especially the nuclear weapons were all bragging on Sadaam's part, meant to make the Iranians fear bombing Baghdad because of the possibility of reprisals.
The Bush administration had been tracking the two vans and two SEAL Teams swooped down on them at the first opportunity. Unfortunately, one trailer long ago had been converted to making hydrogen gas from sulfuric acid and aluminum foil for weather balloons and the other had been gutted ans was being used to store empty carboys and old personnel records. And the golden spurs were never found either.
There never were any WMDs. The Iraqi "source" who said there were was named "Curveball" by his CIA handlers and had been known to sell spurious information in the past. He was rated as an "F-6" source by the DIA (where much of the analysis goes on.)
Intelligence have been over and over the WMD situation in Iraq and it appears that Sadaam complied exactly with the agreements of the First Gulf War and destroyed all WMDs and dismantled all programs. Sorry, but there has never been anything except debunked speculation to support your idiotic claim. The right wingers always want you to think that Sadaam always lied except in this one occasion. BS!
Chris, it is more than likely possible that the survivors and families of the Kurds Saddam gassed and murdered would disagree with your description of WMD's possessed by his regime.
chris... you are very wrong . Iran has not denied access to any of their nuclear sites ever. there are random unanaunced inspection and routine scheduled inspection that happens every month 2 or 3 times and iran has NEVER denied access to the nuclear sites. the parchin site is a millitary reseach center and is not a nuclear site. this is a site that iaea provoked by isrealis want to inspect. under the contract that iran has with npt. only the nuclear sites in contract would be subject to inspection. I am sure no country would allow their millitary reseach and developement inspected by any authority. so STOP th bs.
chris. the reply was ment for js in sd
JS IN SD
you are very wrong . Iran has not denied access to any of their nuclear sites ever. there are random unanaunced inspection and routine scheduled inspection that happens every month 2 or 3 times and iran has NEVER denied access to the nuclear sites. the parchin site is a millitary reseach center and is not a nuclear site. this is a site that iaea provoked by isrealis want to inspect. under the contract that iran has with npt. only the nuclear sites in contract would be subject to inspection. I am sure no country would allow their millitary reseach and developement inspected by any authority. so STOP th bs. ALSO Iaea has just announced that iran in fact has used 1/3 of the 20% enriched uranium for their medical isotopes. so if they were trying to stockpile the enriched uranium, as you suggest, they would not done so since once they are turned to isotope rods, then they could never be used for any other purpose.
Rameshm2, then if what you say is true then how do you explain IAEA's own statement in the article title regarding Iran's lack of cooperation? Is the IAEA lying? Logic says that if you want something to remain unseen and unobserved, you hide it underground or on a military installation or both. No cameras, no muss, no fuss as the Iranians see it. Plausible deniability at it's best. And by the way, as far as I know but I could be wrong, there is nothing in the wording of the NPT that stipulates inspections have to be announced in advance.
Who or what is this "Iran" you speak of?
I figured they wouldn't start scaring us about Iran again until they were done scaring us about the elections.
Who is Iran? Iran is a country that became an Islamic terrorist state 33 years ago and has committed bombings on 6 continents!Does that answer your question or do want more ,Riverboy ?
33 years ago, Iran overthrew a CIA appointed dictator, and the US interfered in Iran's domestic criminal matters by granting the human rights abuser sanctuary.
Of course the US media never mentioned that side of the story and most Americans today are none the wiser.
It's hopeless trying to educate Americans about this. Our collective memory stops after 1953. For some reason it's OK for the British and CIA to throw out an elected leader and install a dictator in a country, but it's not OK for the populous of that country to try to do something about it. If the USA wanted a secular government in Iran they should have left it that way to begin with.
Ready for another round of Iraqi wars like dramas and hiking oil prices!
The comment was a joke aimed at the media for talking about Iran every single day of the year until elections came along, then all of a sudden Iran doesn't matter anymore. I wrote two sentences, one satirical and the second explaining the satire. I should have known that two sentences would be too much for some to read, though it is reassuring to see there's still some stiffs out there with no sense of humor and possibly large sharp objects shoved up their #$&. <-- Sentence three is what's known as sarcasm and if you made it all the way to this fourth sentence, pat yourself on the back.
Notice the word 'shall' -- rather than 'may'. According to this treaty's plain language, the USA should be treating Israel as a pariah when it comes to their nuclear activities, and the USA should be helping Iran develop its peaceful use. In fact, the exact opposite is occurring.
This hypocrisy is sickening to me, as a citizen of the USA. Iran signed that treaty willingly. Israel refused and continues to refuse to sign the NPT treaty. The US Constitution says that all treaties shall be considered the 'supreme law of the land'. And the UN Treaty expressly forbids sabre rattling and threats of attack -- yet we do it all the same.
We need to start honoring our treaty obligations, and stop supporting Israel's affront to peace in the region. Israel needs to draw her borders, and stop confiscating land under less-than-honest pretenses.
Except that by repeatedly violating the NPT by refusing inspectors, Iran isn't allowed to have its cake and eat it too.
Israel highlights the problem though. Once a state acquires the weapons, you can't force them to let them go. Having nuclear weapons is a very definite line, and I don't see anyone else lining up to be the next South Africa.
In other words, Iran does NOT have to give access to all of its conventional military secrets in order to comply with the IAEA inspections. Anyone who has taken even a single semesters worth of logic knows the difficulty in 'proving the negative'. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Iran is diverting any of its fuel for anything other than peaceful purposes. The 20% enrichment is necessary for the production of medical isotopes -- which is Iran's right. And it's a FAR way away from the 90%+ enrichment necessary for building bombs.
And yes, Israel is the problem here. Her hypocrisy on this matter is beyond telling. And the proliferation of materials to various countries is also telling.
@ hunter;
Exactly which is why time is of the essence.
Eppinoia must be Iranian - I've never seen someone so aggressively try to defend this nation. They've never cooperated, so where's the news?
You're funny Lenny, but I'm not Jewish and you're still a moron.
Israel never threatened to wipe Iran off the map, has had nukes for decades, and hasn't used them. Iran has promised to wipe Israel off the map, has been working on making nukes for decades and lying about it. Are we to believe the Iranian regime won't follow through on their promise when they finally succeed in making nukes? Israel has been a responsible nation, Iran has not, who are you going to trust?
Rightly Concerned -
that is the kind of unfounded hyperbole that makes informed people nauseous.
How many Israeli physicists has Iran assassinated? How frequently are there articles in Iranian media portraying potential plans to attack anyone? Who exports billions worth of weapons throughout the world? Take a look in the mirror and think for yourself.
Are you really suprised that the United States allies itself with nations that share the same values as we do? You really expect that we should side with the country that stones its own citizens for sexual imorality?
Travis from Soviet Occupied New England
No, we side with the countries that kill foreigners with higher technology like drones and "no-fly zones" because that is more ethical.....
Well, we may not know who the man is, but we sure know where he's from.
Israel threatens to bomb Iran on a weekly basis. LOL!
Still not necessarily cooperative. Still not surprised.
Where is the
red line for a cooperative level?
Iran = Sovereign Nation. May have 1 nuke
United States = Sovereign Nation HAS 5100+ Nukes
Israel = Sovereign Nation. Has upwards of 150 Nukes
Russia = Sovereign Nation. HAS 5100+ Nukes as well.
So WHY is Iran still the biggest threat and to whom? Israel? LMAO seriously, Israel is the problem. They have 150 Nukes..
When President Obama wins re-election tomorrow and then shortly in 2013 Israel will use one of those nukes given to them from Uncle Sam to attack Iran and point the finger at America.. If Willard wins, HE'LL drop the bomb and protect Israel.
Israel gets $4 Billion in aid and weapons of mass destruction from the US every year. Israel turns around and bombards Palestine into oblivion to reclaim land they think is theirs via said money and weapons. How can the US claim to want peace with the Middle-East yet prop up that terrorist state Israel at the same time?
It time for the United States to look within. Why can't Iran have a nuke? If countries around them can, they surely should be allowed. Its time for Americans to focus on America for the first time in a very long time. We spend BILLIONS on other nations all-the-while America keeps failing from within. Yet when a President wants to help AMERICA and AMERICANS he's labeled a Socialist and cries of Big Gubmint comes out.
Yet when the last President starts 3 wars, 9-11 included (Israeli Mossad had a hand) he is labeled an American hero by the neo-CONS and GOP and they don't mind spending Trillions we didn't have! LMAO
I don't know anyone that labels Bush as an American hero, more like an American joke ("who cares is some guy threw a shoe at me"). Maybe if Iran wasn't threatening other nations, maybe people wouldn't consider them to be such a threat. Ever think of that? And Israel, regardless how you or I feel about them, is one of our closest allies. I find it disturbing that there are now 2 people on her supportive of a terrorist nation having nukes that they will no doubt unleash some day. China and Russia tend to veto quite a bit sanctions that are put onto other countries to try to maintain some sort of balance and even they agree on not arming any additional countries - probably because they recognize the destruction it will cause in the hands of the unstable.
I'm not in the States, you idiot, but I was born there and am an American and proud of it!!!!!!
Nobody should have nukes. Because the next war that involves nukes, will most likely be the last war for a long, long time. And that is right, Iran is a terrorist nation, and it's leadership is unstable. If provoked Iran would not use nukes as a last resort, it would use them as a first resort. And don't be dumb, if a bunch of Mexicans started firing bullets and rockets across the boarder you don't think the US would return fire? That is all Israel is doing is protecting its boarder.
@Lenny
Lenny is a funny name for an Iranian terrorist. Is Lenny a common name over in Iran?
Lenny's mad because he's been outed for who he is. Lenny - you and your actions on here are sufficient evidence enough about everything I've said. Look how mad and hostile you've been with me cuz I don't agree with you - same thing with your nation - learn to laugh at yourself and relax a little bit - always ready to pounce on everyone. And you would probably be better off with your anti-Jew, anti-American rhetoric on a Jihad news line, not with the rest of the civilized world.
I think 420, the distinctions are obvious.
Iran is a terrorist state because it has supported terrorist acts against the U.S..
Iran has stated they would "drive Israel into the sea".
It is not the general populous of Iran that says and does these things, it is the extremist government theocratic element that is behind it.
If Romney gets elected, the U.S can expect boots on the ground in the ME for many years to come. Most of those boots will be from the ranks of the middle class.
Then the USA is a terrorist state for what it did to Iran regarding installing the Shah. Be careful when you say "Iran has stated" -- because you then turn right around and say the obvious -- that it's not the population. It may be a few unhinged people in marginal positions of power, but not representative of Iran as a whole.
The USA and western nations would like nothing more than to comoditize Iran's oil into paper futures contracts which would fix the economic problems nearly overnight. This sort of stealing and covetous behavior is abhorrent.
Eppinnoia - if you're not already there, please move back to Iran and get off of our American news links and spread your crap to the people who will care - oh, almost forgot, please take Lenny with you.
Lenny - you're obviously using a news feed to try to push your racism. No one appreciates it.
One more time, Uncle Sam and the Brits overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran in the 50's. They paid us back in the 70's (understandable). If I was the Iranians I would just withdraw from the Nuclear Treaty. Then they will be in the same boat as the Apartheid State of Israel. Who was giving nuclear know how to Nazi Jr. (The Apartheid State of South Africa). No wonder the new South African govt slaps tariffs on Isreali goods coming out of the "occupied territories" (payback).
@ Lenny - reread, Retardicus, I never said anything about killing Iranians. See what I mean about how mad you get??? Me starting wars? You're fighting with multiple people at the same time. don't forget to wash your hands!
They already verified non-diversion and Iran is constantly monitored by the IAEA.
"Necessary cooperation" equates to a weapon inspection- Iraq style. Except they already know that didn't save Iraq.
Who really expected any cooperation at all from Iran? I thought so.
Not really providing necessary co-operation?
Fine.
They will get the necessary air-strike from Israel.
And the US will back them, no matter who is elected.
It's time they wake up in Iran.
Is this a surprise?
Oh great, hopefully we wont have to worry about Obama being at the helm when the chit hits the fan.
All obama will want to do it sit down and talk about it with the Muslim brotherhood.
Titan: in the world of grown-ups, diplomacy is always a better option than war. Thousands of Americans don't die needlessly during diplomacy. If you're volunteering to go to Iran and forcibly inspect their nuclear program, I'm sure the IAEA, UN or US would happily support your glorious mission.
Well.. time to shut their a$$es down with bunker busters and daisy cutters now then...
I think many posters have difficulty differentiating between an Iranian regime/government and Iranian people. Radical clerics and government officials are the cause of strife, not the people of Iran. Nukes also are very bad at differentiating and are not the answer here.
Anyone who wants to waste their time here talking about things they will never understand or influence in the slightest is welcome to do so. I, on the other hand, have important beer to drink.
I hope that all of you keyboard warriors in this thread "beating the war drums" will be the first ones to enlist when the mad men running this country decide to carpet bomb Iran. It's easy to say "bomb Iran" when you've never had a taste of what it's like to serve a couple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan or have experienced what it's like to hear live ammunition being fired at your convoy. If you want another war, then go sign your OWN life on the dotted line.
They won't OhioWire, they will run off to France like their idol "Mitt the cowardly Mormon". Sisssssssssssssssssssy
The problem here is Pakistan. They sold nuke technology to Iran and NK. Iranian regime of ayatollahs is as terrorist outlaw as the Pakis are. They cannot be trusted. So if nuke is developed in Iran, nuke will show up in your neighborhood through transfer to hezbolah, hamas, MB and other terrorists all over the world who are supported by the Iranian bloodthirsty mullahs. That is why their nuke weapons program must end by all means.
I read that China provided Iran with nuclear technology in exchange for raw materials. China doesn't worry about giving a gun to a baby.
FARIDEH. I think you are a war mongorer.that senario is nothing but a joke. If that was a case then pakistani's who support both alquida and taliban would have provided their nukes to these terrorist groups. you are full of sh*t. It is shocking from an Iranian to be such warmongorer towards her own home landand creating iranophobia here.. here for you to read.
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/05/iaea-chief-cant-prove-iran-doesnt-have-secret-nuclear-materials/
farideh.
also the problem is that when iran applied for the nuclear program through npt and was approved to have them start it with transparancy, if u.s didn't reject their rights and alowed them to legally get it and it would have been transparent, then iran didn't have to go and get it from pakistani's and hide their program. it was their right, they applied for it legally, but it was blocked illegally by u.s
Just Nuke Iran's Nuclear facilities, or bomb them back to the Stone Age, which is where most of their Mullahs still live ( in their minds ), and be done with it. Then the Iranian people could revolt and get rid of those Mullahs and become again the great Country it once was.
They got rid of their dictators once and we put them back.
terry. you sit on your as* behind a computer and easily suggest to nuke them. you pos. the nuclear facilities are within close proximity to the major population. there is no such thing as surgical strike. there will be millions effected by it. for what . because the nutcaseyahu is telling you to do it. there are 17 u.s spy agencies which they all agree that iran is not making a bomb. here is the whole article . msnbc printed this article in a very bias approach. if you want the truth then you should read the whole thing. here is what is supposed to be reported.
So while Iran’s civilian enriched uranium is not being diverted anyplace, and its substantial civilian enrichment program has no military dimension, Amano can’t rule out the possibility that there is a whole separate program, with separate equipment and separate uranium, that he just doesn’t know about.
That’s literally the argument at this point, that even though its 100% proven that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful, it can’t be 100% proven that there’s not a second program somewhere that no one knows about, and “therefore we cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.”
And it never possibility could be. Iran is a huge country, and it has natural uranium deposits in the ground, so no matter how extensive the “dialogue” is, there’s no way for the IAEA to have total informational awareness over the entire country and everything theoretically going on in every building.
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and here is the link
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/11/05/iaea-chief-cant-prove-iran-doesnt-have-secret-nuclear-materials/
Failed? Are these inspectors from IAEA Dumb or what. They failed to let Iraqi cooperate how much more these Iranians.
They can stop the development of any nuke program if they want to but how can we test our new BUNKER BUSTER (MOAB) technology if we don't have anything to practice it with, DUH!
The internatinal community can't trust anything I Been -In -a -Job says . When you threaten to annihilate another country your protests that you are really peaceful fall on deaf ears. Then there is the Ia-Told Ya. You cant trust him either.
israel is a threat to world peace, Iran is not.
Iran's acquiring nuclear weapon capability will provide a check and balance to israel's stockpile of nuclear arsenal.
Henrich
A check and balance? Are you nuts? The Iranians don't want a check and balance they want total annihilation of Israel! Nothing less will appease them.
Slodon, Israel wants total annihilation of the Arab world. They just haven't figured out how to obtain that goal yet. So it should not be a surprise that they are hated by them. Israel having nukes is a very dangerous thing, as they answer to no one.
Prominent Israeli military historian, Martin van Creveld, said “Israel
could find itself one day forced to exterminate the European continent using all
kinds of weapons including its nuclear arsenal if it felt its demise neared,”
and stressed that “Israel also considers Europe a hostile target.”
“We have hundreds of nuclear warheads and
missiles that can reach different targets in the heart of the European
continent, including beyond the borders of Rome, the Italian capital,” Creveld
said, adding that most of the European capitals would become preferred targets
for the Israeli air force.
He reiterated “Israel’s ability to destroy the
whole world whenever it felt its existence would be doomed to extinction.”
This is the mindset of the crazed leaders of a terrorist country, Israel. America has to stop arming these crazed animals, who participated in 9/11, along with some of the neocons in the Bush administration.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/fiveisraelis.html
But,But,...But didn't the Iranians say just last week that they would stop Enrichment at 20%? Didn't they PROMISE to do that???
slodon. liar. they said that if u.s eases sanction and also provide them with the isotopes for their medical research reactor which is used to treat cancer patient's, they are willing to stop the 20% enrichment.
The best solution so Muslims will not be so intimidated by Israel is to move all Israelites to Marshall islands so they can not provoke anymore ragheads. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Jews have already been relocated all over the world and you and yours were still not satisfied.
Now, it's your turn to move out of our way.
Meir Dagan has spearheaded opposition to a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran since May 2011 – shortly after he retired as head of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad.
He has called such a move “the stupidest thing I have ever heard” and “patently illegal under international law” since Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is operating under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
He also opposes a unilateral strike because:
; )
Israel has so much balls because USA will support them. Let Israel fight Iranians alone. No more American lives will be lost because of Israel arrogance.
Did your family back home get a goat because you wrote this?
Look who's talking Lenny! Where's your picture? Mine's posted.
You're a cutie, Jo!
Not a goat, I am a sheep and my master was killed because of their ignorance.
Wow, who'd a thought?