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November 30, 2004

Iran Says Nuclear Freeze Won't Last Long

Topics: Middle East News and Perspectives

In a not-so-new twist of events of what has become the expected norm for Iran rather than the unexpected, here we go again. Iran, as we predicted, has again changed it's collective radical mind and say's that they really didn't mean it when they promised to stop their nuclear ambitions, just refrain for a little while. Today we have this Reuters article:

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran reiterated Tuesday it was only prepared to freeze its uranium enrichment activities for a few months and would not, as the EU and Washington want, permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.

The comments, made by Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, were a further blow to European Union efforts to persuade Tehran to scrap enrichment for good and were likely to fuel U.S. concerns that Iran secretly plans to produce nuclear weapons.

Iran, which insists its nuclear program is solely for electricity generation, Monday escaped possible U.N. sanctions after agreeing to suspend all activities which could be used to make bomb-grade material.

The EU hopes Iran will make the suspension permanent in return for trade deals and other incentives. But Tehran says it will never give up its right to develop a fully-fledged nuclear program, from uranium mines to reactors.

"The length of the suspension will only be for the length of the negotiations with the Europeans and... must be rational and not too long," Hassan Rohani told a news conference.

"We're talking about months, not years," said the cleric, who is secretary-general of Iran's top security body, the Supreme National Security Council.  Read More...

The Iran nuclear problem is not going to go away. Look for it to become the next Iraq.

Posted by Hyscience at November 30, 2004 10:26 AM

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