Iran warns that too much pressure to open nuclear facilities to inspectors

[salin]

Iran warns that too much pressure to open nuclear facilities to inspectors could backfire

ASSOCIATED PRESS

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 7 — Iran's chief delegate to the U.N. atomic agency warned the United States and other nations ahead of a Monday meeting that nuclear tensions could be aggravated if they put too much pressure on Tehran to open its programs to inspectors.

Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran still was open to negotiating the inspection issue with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but indicated the offer could be withdrawn if IAEA board meeting ''disrupted the whole process.''

The meeting likely will urge Iran to make its nuclear program accessible by agreeing to a protocol allowing tougher IAEA inspections without notice. Under strong international pressure, Iran last month offered to negotiate the IAEA protocol.

Monday's meeting also will ask Tehran to explain agency findings that the Americans and others say point to the existence of a covert nuclear weapons program.

more: http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap09-07-091329.asp?reg=EUROPE

[RealityDose]

1. What do you expect

The last oil rich nation to open their country to inspectors was attacked after the inspectors verified the country had no weapons and it made it an easy target. The only way the UN could have saved face and kept its power in the world would have been to pass a resolution against the countries invading Iraq w/o UN approval. Iraq allowed inspectors in to work with the UN and the US took advantage of that. The only banned weapons the US found was rockets that went 110 miles, while 93 miles was the limit. That didn't warrant war. The next oil rich nation to allow inspectors in is stupid. Their best bet is to say they have nuclear weapons as Iran has been saying for the last few months. It is the only way to get the US to back off.

[oneighty]

2. And now that India and Israel

Are becoming lovers more pressure

is being brought against the Islamic Nations.

Nuclear weapons are the only defense against the PNAC.

180

[FatbackSlim]

3. Inspectors

Inspectors were not able to verify that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. How much nicer things would have been had Hussein cooperated and the inspections were allowed to be successful.

[salin]

4. The inspectors

while admitting some frustration - said that over all they were able to conduct the inspections, and were making progress. Too bad the US decided to go past the UN, refused to go back to the security council that was supportive of military action - AFTER the inspectors had more time to verify (and destroy all weapons found). Given that the US has found no WmD, and all of the initial claims were found to be false claims, it appears that giving the UN Inspectors more time was, per international sentiment, the correct course at the time.

Let's hope that our administration is not so brash and foolish this time.