Posted on 03/31/2006 12:01:18 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Tehran's decision to pursue nuclear power is irreversible. Speaking in Geneva, Mr Mottaki, however, said Iran was still ready to negotiate to find a compromise.
His comments came a day after the five permanent members of the UN Security Council gave Iran 30 days to suspend uranium enrichment or face isolation. Tehran insists its nuclear activities are peaceful and has rejected the council's demand. "We have been trying to build international confidence in our peaceful nuclear programme," Mr Mottaki told the BBC.
"However, we will not yield to pressure and intimidation and will not renounce by any means our country's legitimate right as recognised by international law," the minister said. Mr Mottaki argued that Iran had the right under the Non-Proliferation Treaty to enrich uranium, so the UN Security Council's demand looked likely to go unanswered, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says. Mr Mottaki even suggested a regional consortium under which Iran and some of its neighbours could pursue nuclear power together under international supervision. But it is an idea that has been floated before and is unlikely to gain international acceptance, our correspondent says. 'Strong signal' On Thursday, foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the council - Russia, the US, France, Britain and China - and also Germany said Iran had 30 days to return to the negotiating table or face isolation.
The Council noted with serious concern... a number of outstanding issues which could have a military nuclear dimension
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the meeting in Berlin sent "a very strong signal to Iran that the international community is united". British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the council might pass a legally-binding resolution if Iran did not comply, leaving a possibility of sanctions. However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country remained opposed to such a move against Iran. The "sole solution" would come through the IAEA, he said. IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said later Iran was not an imminent threat and sanctions against the Islamic Republic would be a "bad idea". On Wednesday, the 15-member US Security Council finally approved a non-binding call on Iran to end uranium enrichment, after weeks of wrangling.
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Haven't we been here at least once before?
Muslim zealotry, phase 2. Lock and load.
Keep back or the puppy get's it!
Such nice neighbors, the mullahs.
for peaceful purposes only,, like for eliminating Israel as a nation in the Middle East, even if we have to fry millions of Palestinians at the same time accomplishing it.
No one wants to reverse, it must be disintegrated and made extinct.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said later Iran was not an imminent threat and sanctions against the Islamic Republic would be a "bad idea".
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And having a guy named Mohamed in charge of the IAEA is not a good idea either..."imminent threat"..so that means we wait until Iran has offensive nukes before we put sanctions on them??? Oh, how effective. What a powerful deterrent. Idiots.
Iranians are such pieces of sh*t.
Islam, a Religion of Peace®? ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:
"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:
( PS- my personal prediction? That picture will become one of the most widely distributed, and hated, pictures on the internet. The Illegal Invader lobby could not have done more damage to themselves with that "Mexican Flag Superior, America in Distress" shot if they had tried... )
Their motto;Do what you want to the girl,but leave me alone!
Jihad camp to be built in Iowa on U.S. government land (ACLU OK With It)
BBC: Will US use Iran military option?
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While they test a new missle, bragging it's stealth and nuclear payload capabilities.
...And The left probably believes them.
Our country is full of our enemies, and our government is too spineless to do anything, except appease and appease some more.
Unholy Alliance : Radical Islam and the American Left (Hardcover)
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And a review:
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Communism is dead. Long live Islam!, September 30, 2004
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