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Big powers ok watered-down IAEA Iran nuke paper
Published: 17 November, 2011, 18:13
Edited: 18 November, 2011, 11:00
The first unit put into operation at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Iran (AFP Photo / Valeriy Melnikov)
TAGS: Arms, Military, Nuclear, UN, Politics, Iran
The UN nuclear watchdog’s latest resolution on Iran expresses "serious concerns" regarding Tehran's nuclear defiance, but stops short of overly critical language that could scare off Chinese and Russian support.
Aimed at securing approval from all six major powers, the document expresses misgivings regarding Iran’s nuclear activities and calls on Tehran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The resolution, widely viewed as a compromise by diplomats, was drafted with language moderate enough to allay concerns from China and Russia that the latest IAEA report would be used to justify economic sanctions against Iran.
The text, agreed upon by the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, has revived hopes that a negotiated settlement to the Iranian nuclear dispute can be found.
The resolution is expected to be put before the agency’s 35-member board of governors over the next two days.
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Meanwhile, IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano hopes to send a special high-level mission to Iran as the resolution highlights growing concerns over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Amano, who hopes a “suitable date” for the proposed mission could be agreed upon soon, said the visit was necessary as “clarifications” were still needed regarding any potential military dimension to Iran’s atomic program.
In a report issued last week, the Vienna-based IAEA expressed “serious concerns” regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, which it believes is more ambitious and structured than previously thought.
Speaking at the opening session of the Agency’s board of governors Thursday, Amano said:
"The Agency believes this information is likely to be credible… it indicates that Iran is engaged in activities relating to the development of nuclear weapons," RIA-Novosti cites.
However, nothing in the report indicated that Iran had actually undertaken the decision to build a bomb, and Tehran for its part has dismissed the intelligence information regarding its nuclear program as being fabricated.
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Iranians grew up under Saddam's air raids, Scud missiles and chemical bombing. They have been under threat since 32 years ago when they wanted to be free, independent nation. They endured many hardships like numerous western sponsored terror attacks, 8 years of war with Saddam supported by 35 countries, all sort of sanctions, propaganda and proxy wars. they never backed down and never will.Israeli threat is the most insignificant threat that they ever confronted, while they are in their strongest condition and Israel is in its weakest. Number of Iran allies are growing while number Israel allies are dropping.Those who shut down their Airports in case someone färts too laud, shouldn't really threat Iran, a country that survived many invasions since Alexander till Saddam.
I wonder how many Israeli and American intelligence agents will be involved in this new 'high-level' mission - eying up targets for military strikes.
It sounds like the build up to the Iraq invasion, where UN weapons inspectors were making all the noises that Iraq had WMD, despite ultimately not finding anything.
@Dmitri: Yes, I have also been wondering why Russia and China seem to just look the other way whenever the U.S. decides to invade a country. As a matter of fact, China could be seen as enabling the U.S. aggressive behavior by buying U.S. treasuries thereby financing the U.S. budget deficit. One possible explanation could be that they both, but especially Russia, know quite well how damaging a prolonged war is to a country’s economy and social conditions, and are happy to see the U.S. to bankrupt itself. I do feel bad for what this global chess game does to millions of innocent people in places like Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.