Iran to resume nuclear programme (a blow to WhiteHouse)

[papau]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1248785,00.html

Iran to resume nuclear programme

Announcement delivers blow to EU's policy of engagement

Ian Traynor
Monday June 28, 2004
The Guardian

Iran is to resume elements of its uranium enrichment programme tomorrow in a move which worsens the confrontation with the west over Tehran's suspected ambition to develop a nuclear bomb.
Withdrawing from previous pledges to freeze all uranium-enrichment activities, Tehran said yesterday it would resume manufacturing parts for centrifuges tomorrow and would also restart the assembly of the centrifuges, the machines that refine crude uranium into bomb-grade material or nuclear fuel for power stations.

Iran's decision was criticised yesterday by the EU, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and the White House. It will fuel further suspicions about Iran's nuclear programme and increase mistrust at the IAEA, whose 35-strong governing board regularly seeks to come up with a policy towards Iran.

The announcement was a blow to Britain, France and Germany which reached the Tehran Agreement last October, an accord under which Iran promised to freeze its enrichment activity.

Iran's decision reflects anger at the EU troika who co-authored a recent censure of Tehran at the IAEA. Trying to close down the enrichment programme has been the central plank of the EU's strategy for the past year. Enriching uranium and developing the technology required are key steps in making a nuclear bomb. <snip>

[Gloria]

1. Check out the article I posted last night

in the new World Media Watch (URL below).
It details the growing chaos within Iran and how, ultimately, this will play into Bushco/America's hands.

[shadu]

2. This is very good

Iran is doing what it must do.
I hope they have already aquired some nuclear warheads,
just in case they need them.

[THUNDER HANDS]

4. I don't agree

The less nations that have nuclear weapons the better. Regardless of how bad the Bush Administration is.

Bush will be gone by the end of this decade. The nuclear weapons will be here until they decide they want to use them.

[The Stranger]

5. Ever considered the principle of mutually assured destruction?

Has worked for decades. The only time nuclear weapons were ever used is when there was only one nuclear power. Iran already has nukes aimed at it.

[sandnsea]

3. Blow to White House??

The White House is popping champagne corks. Proves engagement doesn't work and you have to send in the Marines to get these rogue nations under control. This is incredibly bad news.