In front of a picture of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, waves to the crowd during a public gathering at the city of Orumiyeh 540 miles (900 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran, Iran , Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. Iran’s president defiantly refused to compromise as a U.N. deadline for his country to stop enriching uranium arrived Thursday, saying Tehran would not be bullied into giving up its right to nuclear technology.

Reuters: IAEA says Iran fails to meet nuclear deadline

The U.N. nuclear agency declared Iran had failed to halt nuclear work by a Thursday deadline, and Tehran defied the threat of sanctions by vowing never to abandon a program the West fears could give it atom bombs.

A confidential report of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), leaked to Reuters, said Iran resumed enriching small amounts of uranium in recent days. The agency said its probes had been blocked by lack of Iranian cooperation.

“The Iranian nation will never abandon its obvious right to peaceful nuclear technology,” Iranian state radio quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying, hours before time ran out for Iran to stop enriching uranium.

The U.N. Security Council had asked Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the IAEA, to spell out on August 31 whether Iran had complied with the deadline set in a July 31 resolution.

Iran’s disregard of the Council’s order to stop enriching uranium exposes it to possible sanctions and was widely expected after it opened a heavy water production plant on August 26 and vowed not to mothball its nuclear program.

Back to the United Nations Security Council……

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, waves to the participants, as he arrives for a meeting of foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighbours, plus Egypt and Bahrain as Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, left, accompanied him, in Tehran, on Saturday July 8, 2006.

AP: Nations sending Iran to Security Council

World powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran back to the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the clerical regime has given no sign it means to negotiate seriously over its disputed nuclear program.

The United States and other permanent members of the powerful U.N. body said Iran has had long enough to say whether it will meet the world’s terms to open bargaining that would give Tehran economic and energy incentives in exchange for giving up suspicious activities.

“The Iranians have given no indication at all that they are ready to engage seriously on the substance of our proposals,” French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on behalf the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China, the five permanent Security Council members, plus Germany and the European Union.

And did the West REALLY think Iran was going to accept the proposal?

Perhaps, but NOT the United States.

Remember, it will be the United States and Israel who will have to stop Iran’s nuclear program – when a “point of no return” is reached.

Expressing “profound disappointment,” the ministers said, “we have no choice but to return to the United Nations Security Council” and resume a course of possible punishment or coercion that the powers had set aside in hopes of reaching a deal.

Any real punishment or coercion at the Security Council is a long way off, but the group said it will seek an initial resolution requiring Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment. Debate could begin as soon as next week.

Don’t look for any quick United Nations Security Council action.

Next – Iran’s bloviations……

Captain Ed has Iranian Nuclear Crisis To Go To Security Council

Will the UNSC do anything about the situation? China and Russia have acted as obstacles to any resolution in the past, but today they joined the rest of the powers in the announcement. We can still expect them to resist the application of sanctions on Iran, but at least the stall has failed. The US and the EU have done what they can to placate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the mullahcracy, and their silence shows that their intent has been to stall long enough to attempt to split what consensus exists at the UN.

Iran failed at that mission. Instead, their obstinacy has provided a moment of rare unity, and Iran may find that Russia and China will not provide the kind of political cover on which they rely.

Flap would never count on China and Russia to do the right thing with regards to Iran’s nuclear program.  There are too many business interconnections between cash starved Russia, oil starved China and the nuclear fanatical Mullahs.

Ultimately, the United Nations will do nothing to stop Iran.

The United States and Israel will have to go it alone…….
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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Indian soldiers stand near Agni missile. India has successfully carried out its first test of nuclear-capable ballistic Agni-III missile with a range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles).

AFP: India tests nuclear-capable missile

India successfully carried out its first test of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles), defence officials said.

The Agni-III missile was launched from Wheeler Island, 180 kilometres northeast of Bhubaneshwar in the eastern state of Orissa, they said on condition of anonymity.

In May Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said the Agni-III, India’s longest-range ballistic missile, was ready but that the country was observing “self-imposed restraint” before testing.

Opposition parties criticised the announcement, saying testing was being delayed because of pressure from the United States. New Delhi and Washington reached a landmark deal in March that will see sanctions lifted on India’s access to civilian nuclear technology.

This is message DELIVERED to China prior to the UNSC meeting on North Korea sanctions scheduled for Monday. The Agni-III missile was developed with the target of Beijing in mind.

The Indian army displays a Agni long-range missile during a parade in New Delhi.

So, what is the message to China?

Persist and do nothing to resolve the North Korea, Kim Jong-Il, threat and Japan will militarize with nuclear missiles – with United States support. Geographically, China will then be surrounded by land-based and sea-based nuclear missiles – Russia to the North, Turkey/NATO and Britain to the West, Japan to the East and India to the South.

Sunday’s test launch comes just four days after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles.

A highly-placed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) source said the Indian test was “successful”.

He said scientists had detected a snag in the booster rocket system of the Agni-III two weeks ago and had delayed its test. “Now we have papered over the problem and hence the launch window was chosen as Sunday,” he said.

Right…….

Stay tuned…….

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