Made in Tehran

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Is the world getting serious about the Iranian nuclear threat?
By Carl Schrag
Posted Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at 12:56 PM PT


Newspapers in Iran and around the world reacted to Saturday's call by the International Atomic Energy Agency for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment efforts that could be used to produce nuclear weapons.

In Iran the hard-line Jomhuri-ye Eslami advocated rejection of the IAEA's efforts to control Iran's nuclear program. "Our powerful stance will undermine the weakness of the Western camp even further," the paper said, calling the country's pursuit of nuclear technology a "national issue" that enjoys "total support among the people." The conservative Hemayat said, "No country should be allowed to threaten Iran's security, and warned that "American-Israeli threats" could force Iran to consider taking drastic action. The more moderate Mardom Salari denounced "those who want Iran to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty" and urged the country to pursue diplomacy. (Translations from the Farsi courtesy of BBC Monitoring.)

The Tehran Times carried an Islamic Republic News Agency report quoting the speaker of Iran's parliament, the Majlis, as saying, "Iran considers the peaceful use of nuclear technology to be the inalienable right of the nation and will not forgo its peaceful nuclear activities." The speaker insisted that Iran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and he said the country is willing to cooperate with the IAEA if allowed to pursue its peaceful goals.


In widely circulated statements, top Iranian officials have rejected the IAEA's ultimatum. The Independent of Britain quoted top security official Hassan Rohani saying, "Iran will not accept any obligation regarding the suspension of uranium enrichment. … No international body can force Iran to do so." He added that Iran would stop allowing the IAEA to conduct facilities inspections on short notice if the country's nuclear program was referred to the United Nations Security Council for discussion.

Even before the IAEA issued its call, Germany's Die Welt said the repeated deliberations are a waste of time and the issue should be referred to the U.N. Security Council, which, it said, could make Iran understand that its political standing is weaker with nuclear weapons than without them. (Translation from the German courtesy of Deutsche Welle.)

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[Parche]

1. bush

With his pre emptive policy, we all knew this would happen
Iran feels threatened by Israel, launches against them,
and the US is bound to protect them, and there you have world war III

[Wright Patman]

2. Iran ain't gonna launch

anything. That's one scenario Israel's under-the-radar possession of hundreds of nukes has made impossible.

I don't see why Israel cannot just accept that it cannot order the U.S. to bomb any country within striking distance of it from having weapons more complex than an AK-47, but that's apparently the former's stance. I don't know how much longer we can afford to be its benevolent big brother, considering the shaky financial condition of this economy.

[Lexboy1981]

3. Iran Cant Create A Nuclear Weapon so take it easy people :)

Iran is weak and dont have tools to create a weapon ,,,, !

[Radius]

5. It isn't that difficult to make a UGD or Implosion bomb(nt)

[Radius]

4. Launch Scenario

There is no mutual protection pact with Israel.
However Israel has a more advanced arsenal. An Iranian launch would invoke a massive nuclear strike. Iran would cease to exist as a country.

In the event of an Iranian first strike on the us the response would be binary. A ballistic launch would set off satellite detection systems. Our missiles would be in the air before theirs struck our people in Iraq or western Europe. Complete destruction of Iran would follow. I would bet a finger there is at least one Ohio class boat covering the region as we write this.

However they are not going to launch, they are going to be nice and quiet and continue enriching uranium.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. WHAT Iranian nuclear threat?? Give me a break!

[rooboy]

7. Last mushroom cloud I heard about was in NORTH KOREA. n/t