Iran has yet to answer nuclear questions: UN agency

Iran Focus ^ | Sun. 8 Jan 2006 | 1.08.06

[Flavius]

VIENNA, Jan 8 (AFP) - Iran has written to the UN nuclear watchdog over its plans to resume nuclear research but has failed to meet the agency's demand for further explanations, an agency official said Sunday.

Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told AFP: "We received a letter today," but "we still need more detailed information."

"We are in constant consultation with Iran " she added.

Iran said last week it would resume work from Monday, prompting Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, to ask for clarification.

The IAEA wants to know exactly what research will resume and were it will be carried out. The agency said Saturday that a first letter received from Iran did not satisfy questions about the resumption of its research.

The Iranians scheduled and then cancelled two meetings, one Wednesday and the second Thursday.

Tehran has been trying to make a distinction between research into the nuclear fuel cycle and actual production of enriched uranium, which can be used as fuel in civil reactors or, in highly enriched form, as the explosive core of an atom bomb.

But the United States, which suspects the Islamic republic of using its civil nuclear programme as a cover for weapons development, has warned it will regard any resumption of research as proof that Iran is not serious about negotiations to allay Western concerns.

The IAEA and Western governments have urged Tehran not to resume research, believing it could compromise planned talks with the European Union and lead to Iran being referred to the UN Security Council.

Iran said it was ready to remove UN-supervised seals at its research centres from Monday and called on the IAEA to have inspectors ready to witness the process.

As Iran's suspension of nuclear research was voluntary, the presence of IAEA inspectors for the resumption is not a requirement under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), according to a diplomat close to the watchdog.

But Iran's top security body, which first announced the research resumption last Tuesday, has made clear it wants to work with the watchdog.

[Flavius]

All right, the research. There were guys in 1940’s working on atomic bomb with pack of gum and two shoestrings, and they managed to get a couple of bangers going.

Now decades later, with friends like chicoms, ussr, pakiland, northkornia, saudies?, Syrianians, feel compelled to do “research”.

Pray what research is this, are they working on shoestring theory, on unlocking the multiple dimensions by curbing the space-time continuum to develop interstellar travel.

I am sure if they google whatever it is they are “researching” they would find it in about 20 seconds, and thanks go google they would also find good ads for very good falafel.

So , UN is I donno throwing papers, Iranians are stalling for whatever reason. This is just going to on apparently until they have shishka bob inter-ballistic missile tipped with “research”.

[Cicero]

Chirac would give them a mild scolding, but he's too busy on more important matters.

[Flavius]

yeah trying to get some good coke

[John Jorsett]

Strongly-worded resolution to follow ...

[Lancer_N3502A]

"Iran has yet to answer nuclear questions"

Au contraire mesouir! They want the bomb! They need the bomb! And they will use the bomb on Israel and "The Great Satan". Pretty clear to me what they're answer is.

[festus]

Shouting "Death to America," and "Death to Israel," Iranian lawmakers decided unanimously Sunday to back the outline of a bill that would require the Islamic government to resume uranium enrichment. World Net Daily November 2nd, 2004


Why is their purpose still a question ?

[ANGGAPO]

Sad to say, I think you are right. The Euros and the UN are going to talk us to death.

[spinestein]

[Iran has written to the UN nuclear watchdog over its plans to resume nuclear research but has failed to meet the agency's demand for further explanations, an agency official said Sunday.]



Let's just let the United Nations handle Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.

They could pass a few dozen resolutions over the next 20 years condemning the theocratic dictatorship's development of prohibited WMD's and their continuing to oppress their own people and deny them basic human rights.

Then they could impose economic sanctions on the regime and set up a humanitarian exemption for trade, with themselves and their buddies acting as middlemen brokering deals for a modest profit to go to the UN coffers and the back pockets of well placed hangers-on.

At least they know for sure the scheme would work.

[Dark Skies]

Iran and Ahmedinejad are planning the ultimate in ethnic cleansing...they are going to rid the world of non-muslims. And that is OK even if it rids the world of many muslims. Muslims who die in the struggle to spread islam are martyrs. Hot-diggedy dog.

If islam is true...all will be well. If not...

[humint]

ARTICLE: The Iranians scheduled and then cancelled two meetings, one Wednesday and the second Thursday.

This is just another way the Iranian regime has figured out to jerk the free world around... This essentially proves the regime believes they have more to gain by behaving badly than they do by joining the community of nations. In my opinion, these meetings should be postponed and interrogations scheduled. Too much is at stake!

[airborne]

Iran is busy preparing an answer for the UN.

[Flavius]

well apparentely 3 of us care rest of the eurodomesticleftia are worried about phone calls to jallalabad

[Travis McGee]

The Iranians are going to "give their answer" when they detonate a test bomb.

[vrwc0915]

I am convinced that the chicoms will help them out on this little project

[Travis McGee]

I'm sure that the ChiComs have contingency plans for TSHTF. If Iran is going to precipitate a global economic collapse, China will pile on to utterly destroy the dollar and hence the USA.