Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – Worry Over Nuclear Program “A BIG LIE”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a press conference after meetings with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Presidential Palace Wednesday May 10, 2006 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ahmadinejad said his country has cooperated with international agencies, saying Iran has allowed ‘2,000 man-hours’ of inspections by the IAEA and that program was ‘totally peaceful’, and suggested that concerns raised over nuclear proliferation were merely an excuse to pressure his country, calling them ‘a big lie.’

ASSociated Press: Iran: Worry Over Nuke Program ‘A Big Lie’

Iran’s president on Wednesday dismissed Western concerns over its nuclear program as “a big lie,” a day after key U.N. Security Council members agreed to present Tehran with a choice of incentives or sanctions in deciding whether to suspend uranium enrichment.

Meanwhile, in a letter to Time magazine published on its Web site Wednesday, a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered new possibilities toward solving the impasse with the United States and its allies on the issue.

Hassan Rohani, Iran’s former top nuclear negotiator, said Tehran would consider ratifying an
International Atomic Energy Agency protocol that provides for intrusive and snap inspections and would also address the question of preventing a pullout from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

The current Iranian negotiator, Ali Larijani, said Tuesday that Tehran had no intention of withdrawing from the treaty and promised to cooperate if the U.N. atomic watchdog agency dealt with the issue of its nuclear program, rather than the Security Council.

Iran ended all voluntary cooperation with the IAEA in February, including allowing snap inspections of its nuclear facilities.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters Wednesday in Indonesia’s capital that Iran will “absolutely not back out” of defending its right to pursue new technology, accusing the United States and other Western nations of monopolizing the nuclear technology market to secure profits while engaging in non-peaceful proliferation.

“They pretend that they are concerned about the nature of the nuclear program of the Islamic republic of Iran,” he said after meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. “This is a big lie.”

“Today the people of Iran are not just defending their own rights, but also those of other nations,” he said. “They (the United States and other Western powers) want to prevent other countries from reaching the pinnacle of science and technology.”

Well, it appears the United States will be following a low key, measured diplomatic approach to Iran.

The more bloviations by Ahamdinejad, the more press so the United States and Israel will bide their time, accumulate assets and plan.

After all the United States has a Missile Defense Agency and along with Israel are planning contingencies. 

Of course, Ahmadinejad is lying, playing the “Godfather” of Islamic Gulf States, and has no intentions to stand down Iran’s uranium enrichment program. Is Iran far from obtaining weapons grade nuclear materials?

Perhaps…..

But, their is NO political will in the international community to do anything about it.  And Russia and China are making a financial success of their obstruction.
However, as Flap has said over and over……when the “POINT OF NO RETURN” is imminent, the United States and Israel will take the appropriate military action.

Stay tuned…….

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