Iran nuke plant 'would survive attack'

Herald Sun ^ | 22 February 2006

[Aussie Dasher]

IRAN'S uranium enrichment facilities, built in underground bunkers, would survive any military strikes, the Islamic republic's nuclear program director said today.

"The enrichment facilities, particularly Natanz, are located underground and no offensive could damage them," said Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, quoted by the student ISNA news agency.

Mr Aghazadeh also boasted about the fortress like nature of its Isfahan plant, which is located in a network of subterranean tunnels, and touted Iran's uranium supplies.

"Our reserves are extremely developed. We can extract uranium from mines in Bandar Abbas, Saghand and Yazd," he said.

Israeli officials have raised the spectre of air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities and the United States has refused to rule out the military option in their efforts to stop Tehran's drive for atomic power.

Iran vehemently denies that its nuclear program serves any purpose other than to provide a source of energy for power plants, but the United States and European Union charge the Islamic republic is seeking an atomic bomb.

"Iran is ready to provide any guarantees that our nuclear activities are not geared toward nuclear weapon production," said Mr Aghazadeh.

On a defiant note, he said: "We have obtained our nuclear technology while the target of sanctions and we have not obtained it from the West.

"s a consequence, (future) sanctions will not have any impact on our nuclear activities."

Seeking to end the standoff between Iran and the international community, Russia and Tehran held talks today to develop Moscow's compromise proposal for uranium enrichment to be carried out on Russian soil, but the visit ended with no breakthrough.

If Iran rejects the Russian plan, tension will rise rapidly ahead of the March 6 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors, which voted earlier this month to report Tehran to the UN Security Council.

The UN body could slap sanctions on the Islamic republic.

[Aussie Dasher]

How long before we find out if he's fair dinkum?

[BreitbartSentMe]

IRAN'S uranium enrichment facilities, built in underground bunkers, would survive any military strikes, the Islamic republic's nuclear program director said today.

Is that a dare???? I think he's wrong.

[VOA]

Iran nuke plant 'would survive attack'

Someone needs to do a good photoshopping of Iran's President
as Dr. Strangelove.
The part of Dr. Strangelove's speech that mentioned the need for
stimulating females for the preservation of humanity should fit in
well with all that 72 virgins talk.

[Buck W.]

We'd be happy to test that assertion.

[TChris]

Two questions:

1. Why does Iran need nuclear engery when it has such vast supplies of oil at its fingertips? Are we to believe that they're simply concerned about the environment?
2. If these facilities are simply for nuclear power, why hide and harden them?

[cweese]

Feb. 27th is the new moon.

[jw777]

If you're gonna fight, fight.
If you're gonna talk, talk.

[Publius6961]

IRAN'S uranium enrichment facilities, built in underground bunkers, would survive any military strikes, the Islamic republic's nuclear program director said today

Baghdad Bob sure is busy these days!

How many jobs is he holding in Iran, anyway?

[The Sons of Liberty]

would survive any military strikes

Sounds like a dare to me!

[null and void]

Time will tell...

[dynachrome]

"We can extract uranium from mines in Bandar Abbas, Saghand and Yazd"

Well that narrows the target area a bit.

[pcottraux]

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.

[Hang'emAll]

"The enrichment facilities, particularly Natanz, are located underground and no offensive could damage them," said Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, quoted by the student ISNA news agency.

Care to give us the coordinates, Goat breath. I would love to take a wager on the opposite opinion.

[Aussie Dasher]

"Goat breath" LOL!!!

[COEXERJ145]

A B-61 Mod-11 will make short work of their enrichment facilities.

[pcottraux]

Think he's bluffing?

[yatros from flatwater]

would survive any military strikes
Sounds like a dare to me!

Sounds like the Ghost Dance redux:

"...Some, especially the Lakota, went farther yet, creating in mid-1890 “ghost shirts” and “ghost dresses,” special garments that were believed to be bulletproof–indeed, impenetrable by any kind of weapon. The shirts were decorated with symbols of religious significance–sun, moon, stars–and often adorned with eagle feathers."

From:http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/ghostdance.htm

[jw777]

Amen.

[Lurker]

If all the workers are dead, it won't matter if the facilities survive.

L

[dormouse]

The sites may be hardened....what if the surface is glowing?