Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – Military Strikes Would NOT Stop Uranium enrichment

Iranian soldiers stand guard on an anti-aircraft machine gun inside the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, 200 miles south of Iran ‘s capital Tehran March 9, 2006. Military strikes against Iran‘s nuclear sites would not destroy the Islamic republic’s uranium enrichment activities, which could be easily moved and restarted, a senior Iranian official said on Monday.

Reuters: Military force can’t destroy our atomic program: Iran

Military strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites would not destroy the Islamic republic’s uranium enrichment activities, which could be easily moved and restarted, a senior Iranian official said on Monday.

“You know very well … we can enrich uranium anywhere in the country, with a vast country of more than 1 million 600 square kilometers,” said Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

“Enrichment can be done anywhere in Iran,” he told a panel discussion on the possible use of military force to destroy what the West fears is Iran’s atomic bomb program.

And that is why any military operation wold include invasion and regime change. An aerial bombardment like Israel launched against Iraq will NOT be adequate.

Soltaniyeh said Iran was hiding nothing from the world and that all of its nuclear fuel facilities were known to the U.N. nuclear watchdog. But he hinted that threats of possible military action against Tehran could change that.

“Any threat or potential threat will create a very complicated situation,” he said, adding that Iran would never give up its enrichment program.

Iran’s position on not giving up its uranium enrichment program is well stated and known. When the Point of No Return is reached by the United States and Israel a military operation WILL ensue.

Stay tuned……

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

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