Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Warns United Nations of “CONFRONTATION” Over Nuclear Program
AFP: Iran warns UN of ‘confrontation’ over nuclear programme
Iran has vowed that it would refuse to comply with any UN Security Council demand to halt its disputed nuclear programme and warned the crisis was leading the two sides towards a “confrontation”.
Asked how Iran would respond if the Council adopted a tough resolution drafted by Britain and France, foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday that Iran “will certainly reject it and cannot carry it out”.
“We will not accept any resolution that is against our rights,” he told reporters.
And Iran is threatening to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
ASSociated Press: Iran Threatens to Quit Nuclear Treaty
The Iranian parliament threatened Sunday to force the government to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if the United States continues pressuring Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment.
n a letter to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan read on state-run radio, the lawmakers said they would consider forcing the withdrawal if “the U.N. Secretary General and other members of the
U.N. Security Council fail in their crucial responsibility to resolve differences peacefully.The legislators said they would have no choice but to “review Article 10 of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.” The article allows signatories to pull out of the treaty if they decide that extraordinary events have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. A withdrawing nation must give fellow treaty signers and the U.N. three months notice and detail the events that have forced the decision to pullout of the agreement.
North Korea withdrew from the treaty in 2003 on that basis.
Turkish protesters hold banners “Don’t touch Iran” during a demonstration in Istanbul. The world community should take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats concerning both its nuclear program and Israel “very seriously,” US President George W. Bush said in an interview.
More Iran BLOVIATIONS prior to UNSC action.
And who cares if Iran leaves the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Hell, they will lie about it anyway and every Hezbollah terrorist will have a “RADIOACTIVELY DIRTY” sucicide bomber vest.
Condoleezza Rice will be hosting a meeting on Monday between the big six players amid the recalcitrance of Russia and China.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, listens to Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, during a gathering of commanders of Basij, a paramilitary volunteers group affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 7, 2006. The Iranian parliament threatened in a letter to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Sunday to force the government to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if the United States continued pressuring Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment.
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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