Posted on 11/02/2004 6:00:59 PM PST by FreeKeys
TEHRAN, Iran - To shouts of "Death to America," Iran's parliament unanimously approved the outline of a bill Sunday that would require the government to resume uranium enrichment, legislation likely to deepen an international dispute over Iran's nuclear activities.
Still, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian told The Associated Press there was a 50 percent chance of a nuclear compromise with European nations.
[...]
Some lawmakers broke out with shouts of "Death to America!" after the conservative-dominated parliament after lawmakers voted to advance the nation's nuclear program, an issue of national pride that provides a rare point of agreement between conservatives and reformers.
Parliament speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel called Sunday's vote a message to the world.
"The message of the absolute vote for the Iranian nation is that the parliament supports national interests," he said. "And the message for the outside world is that the parliament won't give in to coercion."
The legislation said the goverment is "required to make use of scientists and the country's facilities ... in order to enable the country to master peaceful nuclear technology, including the cycle of nuclear fuel."
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I love the smell of DAISY CUTTERS IN THE MORNING, don't you?
We don't take too kindly to threats these days, and they better be more worried about Israel than America.
---"And the message for the outside world is that the parliament won't give in to coercion."---
How about smart bombs?
Yeah!!! Lets all turn to glass!!
honestly (for tonight) unless they are coming for us lets keep it out of breaking news
For domestic energy my ass.
This is getting old, real old.
Lets give them some American ingenuity!
Kinda odd to be shouting when you are approving uranium enrichment for a power plant.
"Oh I thought you said you wanted some deuterium. Our bad."
Maybe they plan on electrocuting us.
Thanks Russia.
Thanks Russia...you're a wonderful ally in the War on Terror! With friends like this...
I'd prefer they feel the heat from nuclear fission personally. (As it vaporizes their bones.)
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