Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – NO Reason to Suspend Uranium Enrichment

Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki arrives at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 19, 2006. Mottaki said on Friday there was no ‘reason or logic’ to suspending Iran ‘s nuclear work and talks were the only way to resolve a standoff with the West, according to state TV.

AFP: Iran rules out suspending nuclear activities

Iran has said there was no reason to suspend its nuclear activities, maintaining a tough line despite talks with the European Union aimed at persuading Tehran to halt uranium enrichment.

“Iran does not see any reason to suspend nuclear activities,” state television quoted Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki as saying Friday, a day after another key round of talks between Iran and the European Union ended in Berlin.

Mottaki’s comments appeared to refer to uranium enrichment, a sensitive nuclear process that the West wants Iran to suspend as proof that it is not seeking nuclear weapons.

A suspension at least of temporary nature is a key demand of the European Union and United States. Enriched uranium can be used both to make nuclear fuel and, in highly enriched form, the explosive core of an atomic bomb.

But Mottaki said Western countries “have found out that threatening language and a referral to the United Nations Security Council is not efficient and there is no way for them now but to negotiate.”

Now, Mottaki is mocking the feckless European Union and their FAILED negotiations with Iran.

Stop the negotiations and refer this matter to the United Nations Security Council.

Nothing meaningful will happen there with regards to sanctions but the UNSC may inconvenience Iran sufficiently to delay their uranium enrichment program.

Ultimately, the United States and Israel will militarily deal with Iran and their nuclear facilities.

Stay tuned…….