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Iran's Mullahs: World must accept Iran into nuclear club
Jerusalem Post ^ | Jun. 12, 2004 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 06/12/2004 5:32:56 AM PDT by F14 Pilot

Iran's top diplomat said Saturday the country won't accept any new internationally imposed obligations regarding its nuclear program and that the world must recognize Iran as a nuclear-capable nation.

"We won't accept any new obligations," Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told reporters, suggesting a toughening of Iran's position two days before the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, meets to discuss Iran's nuclear program.

"Iran has a high technical capability and has to be recognized by the international community as a member of the nuclear club," Kharrazi said at a press conference. "This is an irreversible path."

The IAEA has wrestled for more than a year with what to do regarding what the United States and its allies say is a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program. Iran has rejected such allegations, saying its nuclear program is geared toward generating electricity, not making an atom bomb.

Kharrazi insisted Saturday that Iran won't give up its development of the nuclear fuel cycle, the steps for processing and enriching uranium necessary for both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Iran says it has achieved the full cycle, but is not now enriching uranium.

"That somebody demands that we give up the nuclear fuel cycle ... is an additional demand," Kharrazi said. He apparently was referring to demands by U.S. and European countries that Iran halt operations of a plant it inaugurated in March in Isfahan, central Iran, that processes uranium into gas and abort plans to build a heavy water reactor in Arak, another city in central Iran.

"We can't accept such an additional demand, which is contrary to our legal and legitimate rights," he said. "No one in Iran can make a decision to deny the nation of something that is a source of pride."

Iran has confirmed possessing technology to extract uranium ore, processing it into a powder called yellow cake and then converting it into gas. The gas is then injected into centrifuges for low-grade enrichment that turns it into fuel for nuclear reactors.

Uranium enriched to low levels has energy uses, while highly enriched uranium can be used in bombs.

Iran suspended uranium enrichment last year under mounting international pressure. In April, it said it had stopped building centrifuges. IAEA inspectors had found traces of highly enriched uranium at two sites, which Iranian officials have maintained was due to contaminated imported materials.

Kharrazi condemned a draft resolution critical of Iran drawn up by Germany, France and Britain and currently debated before the IAEA board meeting Monday.

"The draft resolution is unacceptable unless changes are made so that it can be acceptable to all parties," he said.

The minister said insistence by Europeans on "very tiny issues is contrary to the spirit of cooperation." He said that by doing so, the European countries are bowing to U.S. pressure and showing "lack of independence."

Kharrazi warned that failure in settling the debate over Iran's nuclear dossier will be a "failure for all," including Iran, Europe and the IAEA.

The minister confirmed Iran's efforts to buy 4,000 magnets needed for uranium enrichment equipment, saying the issue was being "unnecessarily" hyped. He did not say where the magnets were bought from.

Diplomats told The Associated Press in Vienna that Iran had acknowledged inquiring about 4,000 magnets needed for uranium enrichment equipment with a European black-market supplier and had dangled the possibility of buying a "higher number."

"If everybody is looking to settle this issue (Iran's nuclear dossier), they have to look at it in a broad outlook," Kharrazi said.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eu; iaea; iran; israel; mullahs; nuclear; southwestasia; terrorism; us
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BOMB THE MULLAHS!
1 posted on 06/12/2004 5:33:00 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
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To: F14 Pilot

"Bombing will commence in 5 minutes!"


2 posted on 06/12/2004 5:34:23 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: F14 Pilot

Its a matter of time before Israel acts.


3 posted on 06/12/2004 5:34:57 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: F14 Pilot

This cannot be the last word.


4 posted on 06/12/2004 5:36:34 AM PDT by txrangerette
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To: goldstategop

I will judge the Bush presidency on how the Iranian nuclear issue is dealt with. It is the #1 issue.


5 posted on 06/12/2004 5:41:08 AM PDT by tomahawk
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To: tomahawk

By all means, tell us what he
should do.


6 posted on 06/12/2004 5:45:52 AM PDT by txrangerette
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To: F14 Pilot

They proved they can't be trusted -- when they invaded an embassy.


7 posted on 06/12/2004 5:53:13 AM PDT by syriacus (Have YOU hugged a rudderless, cranky liberal today?)
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To: F14 Pilot

Iran, like France, doesn't have to be recognized for ANYTHING. There is a subversive element in the world, that even when they know what they are doing (not a certainty by any means), they still work at cross purposes with the rest of the world. Not to gain influence (which is why they are working at cross purposes inthe first place), but to keep others from achieving things that could be regarded as admirable.

The US took on the responsibility of enforcing the resolutions the UN passed in the first place, and only earned the further hostility of those on the Security Council and the General Assembly who did not want the resolutions enforced. Oh, it was very nice to have something on paper, but the reality was never to be carried out.

Feel-good, in this world, only gets you so far. Like about two inches off the starting line. So some people can TALK a good argument, but can they defend it when when attacked?

When the fist on the end of the swinging arm connects with somebody's nose, two things are tested. The capability of the nose to absorb damage and still function, and the capacity to retaliate. In the rush of adrenalin that comes with the facial damage, there is no consideration of a "nuanced" response. The reaction is entirely asymmetrical. Either crumple to the ground, curled in the fetal position, or turn on your tormentor and pound him senseless.


8 posted on 06/12/2004 5:54:39 AM PDT by alloysteel (Win one for the Gipper. Put your vote where it will count!)
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To: F14 Pilot

Sorry Mohammed, ragheads are not allowed in the club.


9 posted on 06/12/2004 5:57:05 AM PDT by Rome2000 (The enemy for Kerry!!!!!)
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To: F14 Pilot

All nuclear powers have accepted internationally imposed obligations. It's part of being in the club. Without them, Iran is still a rogue state and a target.


10 posted on 06/12/2004 5:58:46 AM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions = Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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Iran's Mullahs: World must accept Iran into nuclear club

No problem. I'll receive the news of a highly radioactive and glowing Tehran with a celebratory shot of something expensive :).

11 posted on 06/12/2004 6:05:01 AM PDT by DonaldDuke
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To: F14 Pilot

Black markets......look at what people will do for money. The UN has proven to be absolutely worthless as a protection against nuclear proliferation.


12 posted on 06/12/2004 6:05:40 AM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: F14 Pilot
"If everybody is looking to settle this issue (Iran's nuclear dossier), they have to
look at it in a broad outlook," Kharrazi said.


The broad outlook of Ronald Reagan will do. We've got a small scale Evil Empire
gathering steam and it's "a time for choosing" if these mullahs (today's little Hitlers)
will get peace in their time or a smackdown.
13 posted on 06/12/2004 6:19:15 AM PDT by VOA
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To: F14 Pilot
Thanks President Carter; we are still paying for your miserable Presidency almost 25 years after you were fired.

Scary thought, the second Carter administration is waiting in the wings in the form of John Kerry. Can't wait for history to repeat itself.

Carter=Kerry, failures cut from the same cloth.
14 posted on 06/12/2004 6:21:55 AM PDT by PigRigger (Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
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. Iran has rejected such allegations, saying its nuclear program is geared toward
generating electricity, not making an atom bomb.


Yeah...sitting on an ocean of oil...and they need a nuclear program for electricity.

I wonder where Greenpeace stands on this one: do they applaud the Iranians
for the noble goal of not burning fossil fuels to generate electricity.

And where do the "no nukes" folks of the Reagan ear stand?
15 posted on 06/12/2004 6:22:48 AM PDT by VOA
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To: PigRigger
Scary thought, the second Carter administration is waiting in the wings in the form of
John Kerry. Can't wait for history to repeat itself.

Carter=Kerry, failures cut from the same cloth.


If people thought the ear of malaise under Carter was unpleasant...
they have an even uglier experience awaiting them if they elect a humourless and
pompous @$$ like Kerry.
16 posted on 06/12/2004 6:25:23 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA

POOR MULLAH WEARING NIKE! LoL

17 posted on 06/12/2004 6:25:29 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
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To: PigRigger

Got that right. Kerry and Cahtah are from the same Blame America First club.


18 posted on 06/12/2004 6:28:38 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (STAGMIRE !)
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To: F14 Pilot

At the rate they're going, the only nuclear club they will be joining currently has just one member. Japan!


19 posted on 06/12/2004 6:38:33 AM PDT by jslade (People who are easily offended, OFFEND ME!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The thing that bothers me most about the upcoming election is that most don't have a freaking clue as to what Kerry actually stands for. His words are hollow when compared to his record.

If people would just LOOK at his past, understand what he supported, and who he supported they would be appalled.

When I state that he is Jimmy Carter II I am not kidding. His voting record, policy positions, and personal confidants are very similar to the Carter Administration's in many ways - in fact they may be MORE liberal.

I love history, it tells us so much about the present and what to expect in the future.

I know this will never happen, but I would love to see Bush tie Kerry to Carter. Imagine a political add with a split screen with the Peanut Farmer and Kerry side-by-side stating the same liberal mantra. It might scare people back to reality.

Ahhh... One can only dream.
20 posted on 06/12/2004 7:06:23 AM PDT by PigRigger (Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
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