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Iran warns the West not to use the UN to penalise it
By Nazila Fathi
Monday Sep 12 2005
Iran's foreign minister warned Sunday of serious consequences if its
repeated refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities prompted Western
nations to submit the case to the United Nations Security Council to
consider possible penalties.
The comments came as Iran's new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, prepared
to travel to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly on
Wednesday.
"There is no question of returning to a new suspension at Isfahan,"
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday, referring to the city
where a plant has resumed uranium conversion, the first step in the
nuclear-fuel production process.
"There is no legal basis to send the dossier to the Security Council," Mr.
Mottaki said in his first news conference as foreign minister. "This would
be a political move. We do not see a serious sign that this will happen."
He added, "It is natural that such an event will have consequences, but
right now I do not want to go into what the repercussions would be."
Iran defied an agreement with Germany, France and Britain last month and
resumed the uranium conversion. Iran began talks with the three countries,
which also represent Europe, two years ago. The Europeans have pressed
Iran for a permanent end to its nuclear activities, which Europe and the
United States suspect are intended to make nuclear arms. Iran says its
program is for peaceful energy purposes.
Iran also refused to comply with a demand last month from the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear monitoring
agency, to halt the program and said making nuclear fuel for civilian
purposes was its right under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
The three European countries and the United States plan to urge the atomic
energy agency's board, at its next meeting, on Sept. 19, to forward the
case to the Security Council.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the United States and
its European partners continued to demand that Iran suspend its nuclear
activities or face the prospect of having the matter referred to the
Security Council. Iran's statement on Sunday sets the stage for a possible
confrontation at the United Nations.
Iran has adopted a tougher stance on its nuclear program under Mr.
Ahmadinejad, the conservative president who took office last month.
Political analysts in Tehran say Iran's position is stronger than it was
when the talks with Europe began.
Iranian officials say that they have improved their nuclear technology
since then and that two years of intrusive inspections by the nuclear
agency have not provided opponents of Iran's nuclear program with a
"smoking gun."
Some Western diplomats concede that the atomic energy agency has not
reported any "smoking gun" evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program,
but they cite the agency's conclusion that Iran has failed to disclose
everything about its nuclear activities as evidence of its bad faith, and
they call that a basis for taking the case to the Security Council.
Iranian officials say they doubt that Europe and the United States will be
able to get enough support from among the 35 member states of the nuclear
agency's board of governors to send the case to the Security Council. Iran
is a major oil producer, and sanctions against it could cause oil prices
to rise even higher.
"Iran is not bluffing over its nuclear program," said Nasser Hadian, a
political analyst in Tehran. "They hope they can resolve the matter at the
I.A.E.A. but they are prepared if their case is sent to the Security
Council."
He added, "I hope the opportunity of resolving the matter through
negotiations would not turn into a threat, because the consequences would
be unknown for everybody."
Iran has threatened to withdraw from the nonproliferation treaty and bar
inspectors from its nuclear sites if its case is sent to the Security
Council.
"Referring the case to the Security Council would be a lose-lose game, and
we would prefer that this game does not happen," Mr. Mottaki, the foreign
minister, said Sunday. "We see a win-win situation that is where the E.U.
and international community have confidence and the Islamic Republic of
Iran reaches its legitimate right."
President Ahmadinejad has said that Iran favors continuing its
negotiations with Europe. He is expected to announce his new proposal on
Wednesday, when he addresses the General Assembly.
The chief of Iran's nuclear negotiating team, Ali Larijani, proposed
widening negotiations beyond the three European countries to include
members of the nonaligned bloc on the board, like South Africa and
Malaysia. Those countries have been more sympathetic to the Iranian
position and have resisted the effort to refer Iran's case to the Security
Council. Western diplomats have indicated that they would reject such a
proposal.
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12 Sep 2005 09:47:13 AM |
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Doc wrote:
Iran warns the West not to use the UN to penalise it
By Nazila Fathi
Monday Sep 12 2005
Iran's foreign minister warned Sunday of serious consequences if its
repeated refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities prompted
Western nations to submit the case to the United Nations Security
Council to consider possible penalties.
<snip>
Is there some criteria which must be met before a country is allowed to
construct and operate a nuklar reactor?
Pakistan has nuklar weapons. It's infested with religious extremists,
maybe not in power, but certainly not far from it in the event of a
coup. And Bin Laden (you know, that guy) is living in the neighborhood.
So should Pakistan be forced to give up it's nuklar weapons as a
precautionary safety measure to prevent them from coming under the
control of extremists?
If the US or UN is going to develop and enforce some type of criteria to
allow or disallow nations to develop and utilize nuklar technology, then
the criteria must be applied fairly and squarely to all nations.
Cheers!
Der Marv
--
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
by George W. Bush
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
and potential mental losses.
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the internet
become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being
and the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope,
where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize Society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!
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| Title: Re: Iran Warns The West Not To Use The UN To Penalize It |
12 Sep 2005 06:21:14 AM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <marvin@galaxy.com> wrote in message
news:1126536641.3f9f90e95ddee4eda275fd9a7e6c5579@teranews...
Doc wrote:
Iran warns the West not to use the UN to penalise it
By Nazila Fathi
Monday Sep 12 2005
Iran's foreign minister warned Sunday of serious consequences if its
repeated refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities prompted
Western nations to submit the case to the United Nations Security
Council to consider possible penalties.
<snip>
Is there some criteria which must be met before a country is allowed to
construct and operate a nuklar reactor?
Pakistan has nuklar weapons. It's infested with religious extremists,
maybe not in power, but certainly not far from it in the event of a
coup. And Bin Laden (you know, that guy) is living in the neighborhood.
So should Pakistan be forced to give up it's nuklar weapons as a
precautionary safety measure to prevent them from coming under the
control of extremists?
If the US or UN is going to develop and enforce some type of criteria to
allow or disallow nations to develop and utilize nuklar technology, then
the criteria must be applied fairly and squarely to all nations.
Cheers!
Der Marv
They're trying to work out a deal with the Iranians where the French would
supply the fuel for Iranian reactors and keep the enrichment process out of
the Arab Middle East.
Nuclear parity in the Middle East in an unacceptable proposition. They
think it best that Israel hold the monopoly on nuclear bombs. Imagine MAD
with all those potential throngs of Arab troops and the potential for
radical Islamic governments in the future.
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| User: "Doc" |
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| Title: Re: Iran Warns The West Not To Use The UN To Penalize It |
12 Sep 2005 11:06:04 AM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <marvin@galaxy.com> wrote in message
news:1126536641.3f9f90e95ddee4eda275fd9a7e6c5579@teranews...
Doc wrote:
Iran warns the West not to use the UN to penalise it
By Nazila Fathi
Monday Sep 12 2005
Iran's foreign minister warned Sunday of serious consequences if its
repeated refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities prompted
Western nations to submit the case to the United Nations Security
Council to consider possible penalties.
<snip>
Is there some criteria which must be met before a country is allowed to
construct and operate a nuklar reactor?
YES!! They must NOT be a major oil producer.
Doc ;)
Pakistan has nuklar weapons. It's infested with religious extremists,
maybe not in power, but certainly not far from it in the event of a
coup. And Bin Laden (you know, that guy) is living in the neighborhood.
So should Pakistan be forced to give up it's nuklar weapons as a
precautionary safety measure to prevent them from coming under the
control of extremists?
If the US or UN is going to develop and enforce some type of criteria to
allow or disallow nations to develop and utilize nuklar technology, then
the criteria must be applied fairly and squarely to all nations.
Cheers!
Der Marv
--
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
by George W. Bush
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
and potential mental losses.
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the internet
become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being
and the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope,
where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize Society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!
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