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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 09:00 AM
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EU Envoy Warns Iran (about snap inspections)
EU envoy warns Iran

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has given Iranian leaders a stern warning to accept snap inspections of its nuclear programme.

He said at a news conference with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran that it would be "bad news" for Iran - and for the EU - if it did not sign an additional protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

A leaked report earlier this week revealed the International Atomic Energy Agency's unease at finding traces of highly-enriched uranium at the Natanz nuclear facility.

Enriching uranium is a way of purifying it so it can be used in nuclear fuel or in weapons.

Last month, the EU warned it could review its ties with Iran in September in light of the issue.

Mr Solana said that only if there were rapid progress in Iran's discussions with the IAEA would it be possible to avoid what he called unwelcome effects on the EU's relations with Iran...>>MORE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3190319.stm



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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 10:27 AM
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1. Just wondering.
Has the UN issued similar warnings to the US about "snap inspections"?

Did I miss something.....did we have a World War 3 and we defeated everyone and terms of surrender was no one could do the same thing with Nuclear weapons that the US does?

Just who made us the moral despot in charge of weapons?
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