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| Iran hails IAEA report |
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| Sunday, 24 February 2008 | |
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Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) vindicated Iran and warned that Tehran would take unspecified "decisive reciprocal measures" against any country that imposed additional sanctions against Iran. The IAEA report said Iran was being more transparent about its nuclear programme and many of its past nuclear issues have been resolved but was not doing enough to clear up all suspicions. 'Victory over West' Ahmadinejad described the UN watchdog report as a "victory over the West" which accuses Tehran of seeking nuclear weapons. "The best way for them [the US and its allies] to compensate for their mistakes ... [is] to apologize and pay compensation," Ahmadinejad said in a televised address to the nation. "If they continue [to pursue sanctions], we have definitely drawn up reciprocal measures," he said, without elaborating. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany have agreed on a draft resolution for a third round of sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can produce nuclear fuel for a reactor or fissile material for a weapon. Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, said on Friday that the IAEA report strengthened the push for additional sanctions because it said Tehran failed to co-operate fully with investigators and left unanswered crucial questions about its nuclear past. Source: Al-Jazeera
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hass:
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Actually, this is what ElBaradei, the head of the IAEA, said about Iran’s nuclear program:
“[W]e have made quite good progress in clarifying the outstanding issues that had to do with Iran´s past nuclear activities, with the exception of one issue, and that is the alleged weaponization studies that supposedly Iran has conducted in the past. We have managed to clarify all the remaining outstanding issues, including the most important issue, which is the scope and nature of Iran´s enrichment programme.” Iran has shown that it has no weapons program, the only allegations against it now are accusations about an “alleged” weaponization program “supposedly” done in the past — and the only source making that claim is the US.
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2008-02-24 03:21:07
Tahira:
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Interesting how the only news outlet covering this story prominently was Aljazeera (thanks MPACUK for highlighting the report here!).
Previous reports that pointed suspicions at Iran got a lot more coverage in Western media...
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2008-02-24 11:11:42
Yitzchak Goodman:
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Here is the first paragraph of the NT Times story:
The International Atomic Energy Agency described for the first time on Friday the evidence it has shown to Iran that strongly suggests the country had experimented with technologies to manufacture a nuclear weapon, but reported that Iranian officials had dismissed the documents as “baseless and fabricated.”
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2008-02-24 20:22:56
Azaad:
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Tahira
We should not be surprised that no other recognisable outlet is covering this item, since they have all been infected by the Zionovirus. With the dual-Citizenship (=any country+Israel) fifth column, you won't hear anyhting that even approaches citicism of Israel.
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2008-02-24 22:03:30
kermit:
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I really don't see an issue with a Nuclear Iran. After Israel has 200 of these evil weapons and thretend to use them. Invaded every single one of its neighbors, sponosred terrorism, and is currently occupying Palestine.
Go get a Nuke Iran. Restore the balance of power.
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2008-02-26 11:12:42
Barbarossa:
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I agree get 200 Nukes IRAN - restore the Balance of power. Why let Israel have nukes but no ones else?
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2008-02-27 00:25:03
jon:
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Israel,the size of Wales,7 million population - surrounded by the entire Arab world,infinitely larger and with declared genocidal intent - and those infected with the Islamofluenza virus peddle their "restore balance of power" lies!!The global Islamist lobby continues to reach out across the globe.Irans pursuit of nukes is now beyond dispute,as is its genocidal intentions.Hopefully for its oppressed and violated population,Irans leaders won't be so stupid as to continue their plans.
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2008-02-28 14:19:21
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has called on the US and its allies to "apologize" to Iran for accusing it of seeking nuclear weapons, a day after the UN nuclear watchdog released its latest report on Iran's atomic programme.
