Iran won't return to nuclear freeze: Ahmadinejad

.bakutoday ^ | 10-30-05

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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran will not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear fuel activities and Western demands for such confidence building measures are unacceptable, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

Iran will not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear fuel activities and Western demands for such confidence building measures are unacceptable, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

In a speech to members of the hardline Basij militia, the austere hardliner also played down an international outcry over his controversial call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" by insisting what he said was nothing new.

Although the president lashed out at what he called "an illegal occupying regime", he did not repeat his call for Israel to be destroyed and the foreign ministry also kept up its effort to limit the diplomatic fall-out.

Ahmadinejad's use of the revolutionary-era slogan, which has not been employed by senior regime officials for years, has renewed concerns over the Islamic republic's bid to make nuclear reactor fuel -- work that could potentially be diverted to make weapons.

But the president, who won a shock election victory in June, maintained his uncompromising stance in the face of Western demands that Iran abandon such technology.

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In a speech to members of the hardline Basij militia, the austere hardliner also played down an international outcry over his controversial call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" by insisting what he said was nothing new.

He then asked the members of the Basij militia, gathered
in the Sportspolast if they were," Ready for Totalerkrieg?"
"JA", was the thunderous reply.

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Sunday stressed the government's support for continuation of nuclear activities at Isfahan's Uranium Conversion Facility, saying Iran will continue work at UCF.

Addressing thousands of Basij (volunteer forces) students, the president also stressed Iran's efforts to gain access to peaceful nuclear technology.

"Undoubtedly, the West cannot deprive us of what the Iranian nation has achieved through efforts and perseverance.

"Westerners are quite disarmed vis-a-vis the legal and technical aspects of Iran's nuclear program. Today they say they have suspicion about our intention.

"The West's confidence-building claim is also a lie. They intend to deprive Iran of fuel cycle," Ahmadinejad said.

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0510305409154536.htm

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The president further stated, "Iran needs 20,000 MW of electricity within the next 10 years and this cannot be supplied just from fossil fuel."

Im guessing this is a line of bull?

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Israel to be "wiped off the map"

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Iran's Islamofascists intend to acquire nuclear weapons to enhance their ability to export their destructive ideology across the planet. This development cannot be countenanced by free nations. It must be halted with every means at our disposal. We dare not allow the world's most dangerous regime to acquire WMD that could one day be used against us or our allies or handed to terrorists. Make no mistake about the high stakes involved. The danger is real.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

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Then perhaps we should help them experience a nuclear winter.

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Oh, they will, just not the way they imagine...

[goldstategop]

BS. Iran has plenty of energy. The type of nuclear technology they are demanding has nothing to do with the peaceful generation of electricity. In fact quite the opposite. It is precisely nuclear technology that could not be diverted to make nuclear weapons that the regime rejects. Rest assured, the welfare of its own people is not its first priority.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")