Obama WMD czar discusses Iran nuclear program

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0510/Obama_WMD_czar_says_Iran_nuclear_program.html

May 11, 2010
Obama WMD czar discusses Iran nuclear program

The Obama White House’s top nonproliferation official said that the United Nations Security Council would pass a new resolution sanctioning Iran over its nuclear program with Russian and Chinese support, and that Iranian efforts to lobby countries against a new sanctions resolution will fail.

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“The Iranians have frankly not been prepared to accept that offer, it’s pretty clear to anybody,” Samore said. “And Turkey will soon satisfy themselves of that.”

Asked about suggestions from the International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano that he is not sure if Iran is hiding more enrichment facilities such as the one at Qom revealed last September, Samore said Iran’s track record of hidden enrichment facilities would lead one to be suspicious.

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But Samore added, Iran’s “nuclear clock is not moving as quickly as some feared, because of problems the Iranians have had in terms of their centrifuges,” Samore said. He declined to say whether western efforts to sabotage components for Iran’s nuclear program are responsible for the problems Iran seems to be having with its centrifuges.

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Nuclear proliferation is one of the many critical problems with nuclear energy.
Apparently, I can't repeat this enough, because some people still don't get it.