Iran Gets 30 Days to Clear Nuke Suspicions

AP via Yahoo! ^ | Thursday, March 30, 2006 | EDITH M. LEDERER

[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[PBRSTREETGANG]

The U.N. Security Council gave Iran 30 days to clear up suspicions that it is seeking nuclear weapons, and key members turned their focus on what to do if Iran refuses to suspend uranium enrichment and allow more intrusive inspections.

Ten years of sanctions and intermittent visits by pedophile Scott Ritter?

[Flavius]

this is yesterday news

im waiting for the 60 day extension with low payment option

and a warrant for extension of the first extension by another 120 day extension due to a good behaviour and a morning prayer clause

[edpc]

The U.N. Security Council gave Iran 30 days to clear up suspicions that conceal and obfuscate the fact it is seeking nuclear weapons.....

[Redleg1963]

...as a first step to pressure Iran...

How come we keep going back to the first step? When is the first step really going to happen?

[mkjessup]

im waiting for the 60 day extension with low payment option

Or, the mullahs get to choose 0 percent interest if they're not interested in the cash-back option.

The League of Nations never died, it just changed it's name like any other bankrupt business seeking a way to continue victimizing the public.

[nuconvert]

It took them all this time to come up with 'comply or else'.
How long will it take them to come up with a description of the "or else"?

[prairiebreeze]

The U.S. official did not, however, rule out direct discussions between the United States and Iran, suggesting they could be a spinoff of the U.S. administration's decision earlier this month to talk to Iran about Iraq after a nearly three-decade break in diplomatic ties.

The U.S. administration has publicly emphasized those talks would not touch on the nuclear issue. But the official said that "if some understanding emerges from those discussions, then the one side or the other might say, 'Let's have some follow-up.'"

Now indicating direct talks with Iran about their nukes might be a possibility, eh? And the game continues....ping

[Semper Paratus]

The UN is playing Dean Wormer to Iran's "Animal House".

"You better watch it buster!"

[moose2004]

And aiding Iran in it's ongoing coverup will be Mohammad El Baradei and his disgracefully impotent and anti-American IAEA. Mohammad, I hope you're reading this, you (and by extension Hans Blix) did a great job stopping India, Pakistan, North Korea and Libya (the US and Britain stopped Libya) from developing nukes. I'm also confident you'll stop Egypt (your birth place) and Saudi Arabia from doing the same. Please keep up the good work. (unbelievable sarcasm alert)

[johnny7]

Those sons'o'bitches could detonate a nuke in the desert tomorrow... and the UN would sanction Israel for having sour faces.

[Graymatter]

Condoleezza Rice arrived in Berlin on Thursday for discussions between the five permanent council members — the United States, Russia, China Britain and France — plus Germany, on how much and what kind of pressure to exert on Iran if it refuses to comply.

Hmmm. How is Iran supposed to decide whether or not to comply, before it knows what kind of pressure is applied?

[M. Espinola]

Is it going to be 30 days or else? Or 30 days, plus 30 more UN delays and red-tape, coupled by 30 times 30 more & one & on .....& on ... & .....

[jeffers]

Iran isn't going to fold.

In 30 days, Iran will be 30 days closer to an operational nuclear capacity, the next resolution will include, by US (Bush) demand, language directly or indirectly authorizing the use of force if Iran doesn't comply, the resolution will either be defeated or never brought to vote, subject to Chinese veto, the time limit specified in the non-adopted resolution will expire, and the B2's will fly.

Esfahan and a few other Iranian cities and towns may end up uninhabitable, Israel's Arrow system will succeed or fail, we might get driven clear out of Baghdad (but not Iraq) before REFORGIR turns the balance back our way, maybe the Hormuz Striats will close for a week or two, the only real question left is whether we stop at the border or drive all the way to Teheran.

I vote Teheran. A wounded snake is a wounded snake. I prefer them dead.

[jeffers]

Iran isn't going to fold.

In 30 days, Iran will be 30 days closer to an operational nuclear capacity, the next resolution will include, by US (Bush) demand, language directly or indirectly authorizing the use of force if Iran doesn't comply, the resolution will either be defeated or never brought to vote, subject to Chinese veto, the time limit specified in the non-adopted resolution will expire, and the B2's will fly.

Esfahan and a few other Iranian cities and towns may end up uninhabitable, Israel's Arrow system will succeed or fail, we might get driven clear out of Baghdad (but not Iraq) before REFORGIR turns the balance back our way, maybe the Hormuz Striats will close for a week or two, the only real question left is whether we stop at the border or drive all the way to Teheran.

I vote Teheran. A wounded snake is a wounded snake. I prefer them dead.

[jrg]

You have 30 days to comply or we will issue you a VERY strongly worded statement!

The UN.

[MadIvan]

Get a series of "dirty" bombs. Irradiate the sites where nuclear work is being done.

That way, even if all the facilities are not destroyed, they're unusable.

Regards, Ivan

[tonycavanagh]

Do you really think we or Israel are going to hit Iranian cities with Nuclear weapons, on first strike basis.

Because they will not stop their Nuclear developmnment that may and I mean may lead them to developing a Nuclear Weapon in the distant future.

From all accounts Iran is still a long way of from manufacturing such a weapon so we still have time.

And if they ever do, do you think everyone in the Iranian leadership has a death wish that includes the Iranian Military that does have a number of pragmatic Generals.

[Mo1]

With any other country I think talks would be productive

But the President of Iran is a loon

[R.W.Ratikal]

What I would like to know is who is developing the nuclear ability for Iran. It is certainly not Iran. This is a country that does not have central sewer systems or even running water everywhere. the idea that Iran has a scientific infrastructure and an industrial base to produce nukes is far fetched.

Is it the Germans, the French, Russia? Who?